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What: Shares of heavy-construction firm Granite Construction
So what: Third-quarter revenue fell short of analyst targets, but $0.93 of earnings per share totally crushed the $0.70 consensus estimate. Demand for Granite's array of construction materials was weak but plenty of large construction projects rolled along very smoothly.
Now what: The order backlog is getting fat, and so are gross margins. Infrastructure projects are a whole different animal than consumer housing, which explains how Granite, Fluor
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