National Bank Financial Weighs in on TSE:NOA Q1 Earnings

North American Construction Group Ltd. (TSE:NOA - Free Report) NYSE: NOA - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of North American Construction Group in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, December 3rd. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.94 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for North American Construction Group's current full-year earnings is $4.06 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for North American Construction Group's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $1.19 EPS.

NOA has been the topic of several other reports. CIBC upgraded North American Construction Group from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and upped their target price for the company from C$30.00 to C$38.00 in a report on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of North American Construction Group from C$32.00 to C$33.00 in a research report on Friday. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of North American Construction Group from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday. National Bankshares increased their price target on North American Construction Group from C$39.00 to C$40.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, ATB Capital cut their target price on North American Construction Group from C$40.00 to C$38.00 in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$37.63.

North American Construction Group Trading Down 0.5 %

NOA traded down C$0.15 during trading on Friday, reaching C$29.40. 136,400 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 67,600. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$26.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$26.50. The stock has a market capitalization of C$785.86 million, a PE ratio of 16.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.59. North American Construction Group has a one year low of C$22.68 and a one year high of C$34.87. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 210.33.

North American Construction Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 3rd will be issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.63%. This is an increase from North American Construction Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. North American Construction Group's dividend payout ratio is currently 21.86%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other North American Construction Group news, Director Martin Robert Ferron acquired 2,900 shares of North American Construction Group stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$27.68 per share, for a total transaction of C$80,272.00. Over the last ninety days, insiders have bought 11,900 shares of company stock worth $320,617. 8.93% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About North American Construction Group

North American Construction Group Ltd. provides mining and heavy civil construction services to customers in the resource development and industrial construction sectors in Australia, Canada, and the United States. The company operates Heavy Equipment - Canada, Heavy Equipment - Australia, and Other segments.