ARE vs. BAD, BDGI, BDT, IBG, DRT, CKK, WSP, STN, SNC, and FTT
Should you be buying Aecon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aecon Group include Badger Daylighting (BAD), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Bird Construction (BDT), IBI Group (IBG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Cordy Oilfield Services (CKK), WSP Global (WSP), Stantec (STN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Finning International (FTT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Aecon Group vs.
Badger Daylighting (TSE:BAD) and Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Aecon Group had 5 more articles in the media than Badger Daylighting. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aecon Group and 0 mentions for Badger Daylighting. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Badger Daylighting's score of 0.00 indicating that Aecon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
18.2% of Aecon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aecon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Badger Daylighting. Aecon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Daylighting, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Badger Daylighting pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Badger Daylighting pays out 463.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aecon Group pays out -281.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aecon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Aecon Group has a net margin of 0.32% compared to Badger Daylighting's net margin of 0.00%. Aecon Group's return on equity of 1.40% beat Badger Daylighting's return on equity.
Aecon Group has a consensus price target of C$27.53, indicating a potential upside of 1.80%. Given Aecon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aecon Group is more favorable than Badger Daylighting.
Aecon Group received 239 more outperform votes than Badger Daylighting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Badger Daylighting an outperform vote.
Summary
Aecon Group beats Badger Daylighting on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ARE) was last updated on 1/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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