FBYD vs IBP vs STRL Stock Comparison

Falcon's Beyond Global, Installed Building Products and Sterling Infrastructure Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sterling Infrastructure leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sterling Infrastructure 6, Falcon's Beyond Global 3, Installed Building Products 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFBYDIBPSTRLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $739.27M $5.46B $11.28B STRL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 60.2x 21.8x 26.1x IBP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.5x 19.6x STRL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +144.6% +0.3% +60.8% FBYD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 33.5% 8.5% 12.5% FBYD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -17.1% 16.0% 29.2% STRL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.2x 1.4x -0.3x FBYD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.44% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.4% -24.4% -2.5% STRL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +10.6%/yr +72.8%/yr STRL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 135.2% 54.9% 85.6% IBP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 32/100 63/100 71/100 STRL

Percentile Scorecard

FBYDIBPSTRL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFBYDIBPSTRL
Valuation 4 #50 of 52 51 #26 of 52 49 #27 of 52
Growth 42 #22 of 37 19 #30 of 37 86 #6 of 37
Profitability 39 #23 of 37 94 #3 of 37 97 #2 of 37
Financial Health 43 #33 of 57 68 #19 of 57 75 #15 of 57
Shareholder Returns – 81 #6 of 27 46 #15 of 27
Overall 32 63 71
  • FBYD ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • IBP ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • STRL ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFBYDIBPSTRLSPY
1 month +3.4%+2.6%-28.3% -0.2%
3 months -26.9%-14.4%-31.7% +3.9%
6 months -56.7%-30.1%-22.1% +8.2%
Year to date -48.8%-20.8%+20.0% +12.9%
1 year -25.4%-24.4%-2.5% +12.3%
3 years -41.0%+88.5%+418.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year -16.1%+23.6%+73.1% +23.3%
5 years —+65.6%+1,435.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+10.6%+72.8% +10.9%
10 years —+544.8%+4,685.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+20.5%+47.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFBYDIBPSTRLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 135.2%54.9%85.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 131.6%60.7%81.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.621.393.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.19-0.44-0.03 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.3%-49.2%-64.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.1%-40.3%-63.0% -1.2%
52-week high $20.80$344.19$993.74 $779.14
52-week low $3.90$180.32$283.57 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFBYDIBPSTRL
P/E now vs peer median 60.2xmedian 26.7x 21.8xmedian 26.7x 26.1xmedian 26.7x
P/S now vs peer median 39.3xmedian 0.8x 1.8xmedian 0.8x 3.3xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -124.8xmedian 13.1x 12.8xmedian 13.1x 16.0xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.0x 18.7xmedian 23.0x 23.4xmedian 23.0x
P/B now vs peer median 24.7xmedian 2.4x 8.5xmedian 2.4x 8.1xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.57 6.57median 0.57 0.14median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFBYDIBPSTRL
Revenue $18.81M $2.96B $3.44B
Gross profit – $996.90M $818.59M
Operating income -$7.33M $367.80M $602.35M
Net income $14.09M $250.70M $460.44M
Free cash flow – $291.70M $482.00M
R&D $92.00K – –
EPS (diluted) $0.13 $9.39 $13.85
Cash & equivalents $3.09M $394.50M $464.45M
Total debt $16.47M $1.06B $283.88M
Shares (diluted) 49.33M 26.71M 31.14M
Enterprise value $718.76M $3.93B $9.64B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFBYDIBPSTRL
P/E 60.2x 21.8x 26.1x
P/FCF – 18.7x 23.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 15.2x 18.9x
P/S 39.3x 1.8x 3.3x
P/B 24.7x 8.5x 8.1x
P/Tangible book 25.5x 14.7x 15.4x
EV/EBITDA -124.8x 12.8x 16.0x
EV/EBIT -102.7x 16.7x 18.4x
EV/Revenue 40.0x 2.1x 3.2x
EV/FCF – 21.0x 23.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 17.0x 18.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 6.57 0.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFBYDIBPSTRL
Revenue growth (1Y) 144.6% 0.3% 60.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.4% 22.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 0.5% 72.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 4.2% 39.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 50.2% -0.8% 94.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 0.2% 49.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -68.3% 0.3% 51.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 1.4% 55.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -57.5% 2.9% 49.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 3.3% 183.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 0.4% 20.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.4% 18.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 5.3% 10.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.0% 18.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFBYDIBPSTRL
Gross margin – 33.6% 23.8%
EBITDA margin -32.1% 16.2% 20.2%
Operating margin -39.0% 12.4% 17.5%
Pretax margin 74.9% 11.3% 17.5%
Net margin 33.5% 8.5% 12.5%
FCF margin – 9.8% 14.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.1% 17.4%
Return on equity 52.4% 38.4% 35.6%
Return on assets 21.6% 11.2% 15.4%
Return on invested capital -17.1% 16.0% 29.2%
Return on capital employed -18.0% 19.8% 35.5%
Asset turnover 0.3x 1.3x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 9.5% 0.7% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFBYDIBPSTRL
Debt / assets 25.9% 47.2% 8.9%
Debt / equity 0.6x 1.7x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.2x 1.4x -0.3x
Debt / FCF – 3.6x 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 53.0% 71.6% 56.5%
Equity / assets 47.0% 28.4% 43.5%
Interest coverage -3.2x 10.2x 36.1x
Current ratio 0.7x 3.0x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.4x 2.2x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.0x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 11.97 4.96 6.00

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFBYDIBPSTRL
Dividend yield – 1.4% –
Net buyback yield – 3.5% 0.6%
Shareholder yield – 4.9% 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFBYDIBPSTRL
Forward P/E – 20.5xFY2026 19.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $10.04FY2026 $18.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -12.2%FY2026 +72.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +2.6% +43.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $3.10BFY2026 $4.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +4.3%FY2026 +68.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -7.8% +12.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFBYDIBPSTRL
Held by institutions 4.0% 97.9% 85.7%
Institutions holding 59 423 888
Change in shares held, QoQ +47.6% +0.2% -6.1%
Institutions buying 40 229 456
Institutions selling 12 146 366
Buyers to sellers 3.33 1.57 1.25

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FBYDIBPSTRL
FBYD 1.00 0.01 -0.06
IBP 0.01 1.00 0.20
STRL -0.06 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FBYD, IBP and STRL?

Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) $739.27M, Installed Building Products (IBP) $5.46B, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) $11.28B.

Which stock is cheaper, FBYD, IBP and STRL?

Installed Building Products (IBP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) 60.2x, Installed Building Products (IBP) 21.8x, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) 26.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) is cheapest (Installed Building Products (IBP) 20.5x, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) 19.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) +144.6%, Installed Building Products (IBP) +0.3%, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) +60.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) has the highest net margin (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) 33.5%, Installed Building Products (IBP) 8.5%, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) 12.5%). On return on invested capital, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) leads (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) -17.1%, Installed Building Products (IBP) 16.0%, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) 29.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) returned the most: Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) -25.4%, Installed Building Products (IBP) -24.4%, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) -2.5%. Over five years, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) compounded fastest (Installed Building Products (IBP) +10.6%/yr, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) +72.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Installed Building Products (IBP) 1.44%. Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) and Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Installed Building Products (IBP) has been the steadiest (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) 135.2%, Installed Building Products (IBP) 54.9%, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) 85.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FBYD, IBP and STRL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.