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Cardinal Infrastructure Group

CDNL
45
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
45
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. builds and maintains essential infrastructure like roads, bridges, water systems, and utilities. Its main customers are government agencies and municipalities across Canada and the United States. The company operates in the engineering and construction industry, focusing on public-sector projects that keep communities running.

Cardinal makes money by winning contracts to design, build, or repair infrastructure, then collecting payments as work is completed. It operates primarily in Canada, with some US exposure, and generates roughly $900 million in market value from a steady pipeline of government-funded projects. Its competitive position comes partly from long-standing relationships with public clients and experience navigating complex permitting and regulatory requirements. The key growth driver is increased government spending on aging infrastructure, particularly through Canadian federal funding programs — but the main risk is margin pressure from rising labor and materials costs, which can squeeze profits on fixed-price contracts.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
10.8%
Thin — 10.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.1%
Modest — 7.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
11.4%
Below par — 11.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/3 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
170%
Turns 170% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.1%
Thin free cash flow (0.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.84
Moderate — manageable debt (0.84)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
9.48x
Comfortably covers interest (9.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
34.3x
no trend
Pricey — P/E 34.3

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+14.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (34.3 → 19.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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