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Aecon Group (ARE) Competitors

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C$17.34 +0.13 (+0.76%)
As of 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ARE vs. BAD, BDT, BDGI, IBG, DRT, CKK, WSP, STN, SNC, and ATA

Should you be buying Aecon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aecon Group include Badger Daylighting (BAD), Bird Construction (BDT), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), IBI Group (IBG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Cordy Oilfield Services (CKK), WSP Global (WSP), Stantec (STN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Aecon Group vs.

Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) and Badger Daylighting (TSE:BAD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Aecon Group received 245 more outperform votes than Badger Daylighting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.52% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Badger Daylighting an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aecon GroupOutperform Votes
505
68.52%
Underperform Votes
232
31.48%
Badger DaylightingOutperform Votes
260
62.05%
Underperform Votes
159
37.95%

Aecon Group presently has a consensus price target of C$25.07, suggesting a potential upside of 44.59%. Given Aecon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aecon Group is more favorable than Badger Daylighting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aecon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Badger Daylighting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Badger Daylighting has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aecon Group. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aecon GroupC$4.16B0.26-C$64.67M-C$1.02-17.06
Badger DaylightingC$530.42M0.00C$4.53MC$0.13N/A

In the previous week, Aecon Group had 8 more articles in the media than Badger Daylighting. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aecon Group and 0 mentions for Badger Daylighting. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Badger Daylighting's score of 0.00 indicating that Aecon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aecon Group Neutral
Badger Daylighting Neutral

Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Badger Daylighting pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. Aecon Group pays out -74.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

18.2% of Aecon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Badger Daylighting has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aecon Group's net margin of -1.56%. Badger Daylighting's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aecon Group-1.56% -6.40% -3.46%
Badger Daylighting N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Aecon Group beats Badger Daylighting on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARE vs. The Competition

MetricAecon GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.10BC$2.29BC$6.63BC$5.53B
Dividend Yield3.24%3.02%3.60%6.44%
P/E Ratio-17.0625.5320.3129.92
Price / Sales0.2632.4975.29583.88
Price / Cash1.1514.6126.9983.35
Price / Book1.132.443.563.53
Net Income-C$64.67MC$82.90MC$801.57MC$300.83M
1 Month Performance-5.71%-0.66%-4.39%-3.71%
1 Year Performance1.76%74.81%20.14%11.15%

Aecon Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARE
Aecon Group
2.688 of 5 stars
C$17.34
+0.8%
C$25.07
+44.6%
+1.8%C$1.10BC$4.16B-17.068,684Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BAD
Badger Daylighting
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.40BC$530.42M310.001,875
BDT
Bird Construction
3.7057 of 5 stars
C$20.09
+2.8%
C$32.67
+62.6%
+14.9%C$1.12BC$3.31B12.175,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Negative News
Gap Up
BDGI
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
2.3623 of 5 stars
C$36.63
+0.4%
C$51.25
+39.9%
-21.3%C$875.00MC$506.63M21.202,433Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IBG
IBI Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$608.07MC$583.99M29.523,000
DRT
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
N/AC$1.00
flat
N/A+67.2%C$135.99MC$120.72M11.96922News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CKK
Cordy Oilfield Services
N/AC$0.04
+14.3%
N/A+0.0%C$9.25MC$26.15M5.71240,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WSP
WSP Global
1.4873 of 5 stars
C$245.46
+2.1%
C$284.46
+15.9%
+18.0%C$31.67BC$15.75B46.9169,300Analyst Forecast
STN
Stantec
1.8983 of 5 stars
C$119.38
+0.6%
C$140.42
+17.6%
+10.7%C$13.61BC$7.14B39.8431,000Analyst Forecast
SNC
SNC-Lavalin Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.63BC$7.94B92.5333,876News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ATA
ATS Automation Tooling Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$4.01BC$2.35B29.326,000

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This page (TSE:ARE) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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