CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL)
Industrials · construction and engineering · NASDAQ
Cardinal Infrastructure Group is a heavy civil construction and infrastructure services company focused on public and private projects in the Southeastern United States.
What CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC does
Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. is a heavy civil construction and infrastructure services company that generates revenue from infrastructure projects and services across the public and private sectors. The company operates primarily in North Carolina and the broader Southeastern United States, with a strategic focus on building and maintaining infrastructure assets. The business involves contracting with governmental entities and private customers to execute construction projects, relying on third-party suppliers for materials and subcontractors for portions of work.
Themes: Infrastructure construction / civil engineering, Public sector contracting, Southeast regional expansion, Construction materials and logistics
Fundamentals
- Price$43.50 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.6B as of 2026-08-24
- P/E62.58 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+4.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+20.9% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+38.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity2.90 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+71.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Beta0.54 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-11 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How CDNL compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 10% 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC looks technically
CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL): a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 30, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | not current — this company's price series (ends 2026-08-11) is 8 trading sessions behind the rest of the catalog | n/a |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $66.07 | $66.07 |
| 200-day moving average | not enough price history yet — needs 200 trading sessions | n/a |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 17 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 17 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 66.59. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave upward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | not current — this company's price series (ends 2026-08-11) is 8 trading sessions behind the rest of the catalog | n/a |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 30, with sellers in control | 29.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 37.8 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($34.50 to $66.59) — its "stochastic" reading is 28 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 28.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 35 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $96.40 | $96.40 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 54.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -54.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 97.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +97.9% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 54.9% below its highest point of the past year | 54.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $96.40 (set on 2026-07-01) | $96.40 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | not available for this company yet | n/a |
| From the all-time high | it is 54.9% below its all-time high | -54.9% |
| Nearest price level | not enough price history yet — needs 252 trading sessions | n/a |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $21.98 (set on 2026-01-06) | $21.98 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 97.9% above its all-time low | +97.9% |
Volatility
4
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 98% of the past ~6 months) | 98th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $5.28 between its high and its low — about 12.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $5.28 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $29.81 and $74.77 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $29.81 – $52.29 – $74.77 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 12.1% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 12.1% |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.04× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bullish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 5 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.7% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 6.0% above the previous close 3 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 39.23 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +6.0% |
| Gap filled | a 3.7% gap up opened on 2026-08-07 has been "filled" 10 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 10 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 43.5 percentage points (the stock lost 41.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | -43.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 16.1 percentage points (the stock lost 13.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | -16.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 15.8 percentage points (the stock gained 26.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | +15.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 7 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 7 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 7 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, MACD momentum is negative, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 7 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 39% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 10.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -38.7% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 19% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $53.62 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 150 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -18.9% |
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Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $66.59.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Left an unfilled gap (5%+ in the last week) · Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$63.00 range $63.00 – $63.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Economic cyclicality and recessions adversely affect infrastructure project demand and customer spending; government budget constraints and competing priorities reduce public infrastructure funding","Geographic concentration in North Carolina and southeastern U.S. exposes the company to regional economic downturns with disproportionate impact versus larger, diversified competitors","Material cost volatility (fuel, concrete, steel, lumber) and labor shortages strain profit margins if the company cannot pass through cost increases to customers via contract terms"]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
5 open-market purchases and 0 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days5 buys ($1M) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
- Last 180 days6 buys ($1M) · 0 sells — 2 buying insiders
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-27. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about CDNL's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding CDNL as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 3,019,620
- Reported value $119,743,031
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 3 new, 1 increased, 0 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CDNL had 2,526,389 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for CDNL because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,526,389
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,096,313
- Reported change 20.52%
- Days to cover (reported) 4
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Granite Construction Company
- Sterling Construction Company
- Orion Group Holdings
- U.S. Concrete Products
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Frequently asked questions
What does CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL) do?
Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. is a heavy civil construction and infrastructure services company that generates revenue from infrastructure projects and services across the public and private sectors. The company operates primarily in North Carolina and the broader Southeastern United States, with a strategic focus on building and maintaining infrastructure assets.
What sector is CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL) in?
CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is construction and engineering. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC's (CDNL) competitors?
Notable peers of CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL) include Granite Construction Company, Sterling Construction Company, Orion Group Holdings and U.S. Concrete Products. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL) overbought or oversold right now?
CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC (CDNL) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 38, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CDNL come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.