Cardinal Infrastructure Group

CDNL on Nasdaq. Heavy construction other than bldg const - contractors. Market value $1.5bn.

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Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.

We can't read total debt from the filing, so debt is left out.

We can't pin down how many shares it has, so we don't rank it.

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Cash yield
past 12 months to June 2026
-1.9%low

For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-1.89 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.

Price to profit
past 12 months to June 2026
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Quality score: not known. Price score: not known. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$28.72 a share, 31% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $21.98 to $96.40.

Pays no dividend

Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

-0.0
-0.0
202512 monthsto Jun '26

Spare cash swings from quarter to quarter here: a shortfall of $12 million in the past 12 months, a shortfall of $6 million in the year to December 2025.

Revenue
$456m
Operating margin
8.9%
Debt to equity
n/a
Shares outstanding
n/a

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive0 of 1 years
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)Not enough data
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)Not enough data
  • DebtUnknown
  • Revenue growth, five yearsUnknown

Dates

Next results (estimated)
n/a
Last annual report (10-K)
23 March 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
11 November 2026

Who owns it

3 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 1 last quarter. 158 funds in all.

Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

9 investors own more than 5%.

  • Jeremy Simmons Spivey
    Passive investor
    at least 45.0%
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 31 December 2025
  • Erik Daniel West
    Passive investor
    at least 29.0%
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 31 December 2025
  • Michael Bruce Rowe, Jr.
    Passive investor
    at least 29.0%
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 31 December 2025
  • FMR LLC
    Passive investor
    at least 14.9%+2.4 pts
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 30 June 2026
  • BlackRock, Inc.
    Passive investor
    6.3%
    Since 30 June 2026
  • Since 30 June 2026
  • Ross Berner
    Passive investor
    5.4%
    Since 31 December 2025
  • at least 5.3%
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 10 December 2025
  • Mark McKinney
    Passive investor
    5.1%
    Since 31 December 2025
  • AllianceBernstein L.P.
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 30 June 2026
  • Wasatch Advisors LP
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 31 March 2026
  • Sold down below 5%
    Since 31 March 2026

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

In the last 12 months, 8 insiders bought $11m of shares on the open market.

Cluster buy7 insiders bought within 30 days (14 August 2026 to 17 August 2026).
  • Wimmer Richard Bennett
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    17 August 2026
    Shares
    7,500
    Price
    $39.13
    Value
    $293,475
  • Lee Richard Melvin Jr.
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    14 August 2026
    Shares
    34,000
    Price
    $36.82
    Value
    $1m
  • Rowe Michael Bruce Jr.
    Chief Financial Officer
    Bought
    Date
    14 August 2026
    Shares
    7,000
    Price
    $36.53
    Value
    $255,710
  • Wood Anthony Leon Jr.
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    14 August 2026
    Shares
    51,400
    Price
    $39.36
    Value
    $2m
  • Spivey Jeremy Simmons
    Chief Executive Officer, Director
    Bought
    Date
    14 August 2026
    Shares
    83,350
    Price
    $38.41
    Value
    $3m
  • Zelman Ivy
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    14 August 2026
    Shares
    12,647
    Price
    $39.61
    Value
    $500,948
  • Wood Benjamin
    Chief Operating Officer
    Bought
    Date
    14 August 2026
    Shares
    25,700
    Price
    $39.48
    Value
    $1m
  • Wood Benjamin
    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
    Bought
    Date
    27 May 2026
    Shares
    20,000
    Price
    $51.30
    Value
    $1m
  • Zelman Ivy
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    26 March 2026
    Shares
    6,921
    Price
    $36.33
    Value
    $251,440
  • Wimmer Richard Bennett
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    11 December 2025
    Shares
    10,000
    Price
    $21.00
    Value
    $210,000

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

1 serious warning sign in Cardinal Infrastructure Group’s filings.

We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.

We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 23 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 12 Aug 2026 and 5 later 8-Ks.

  • Weak checks on its own accounts

    Serious

    The company said its checks on its own accounts did not work at the end of its latest quarter. Mistakes could slip into the numbers.

    “Based on this evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2026, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.”
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    Based on this evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2026, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. The material weaknesses identified in our internal controls over financial reporting are related to information technology general controls, segregation of duties and ineffective controls over the review of estimates to complete for construction contracts.

    From the 10-Q filed 12 August 2026, Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Read it in the filing

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