Aecon Group (ARE) Competitors

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

Is ARE or BDT a better dividend stock?

Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Bird Construction pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Aecon Group pays out -281.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bird Construction pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility and risk, ARE or BDT?

Aecon Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bird Construction has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ARE or BDT?

Aecon Group presently has a consensus price target of C$25.94, suggesting a potential downside of 11.05%. Bird Construction has a consensus price target of C$32.44, suggesting a potential upside of 8.41%. Given Bird Construction's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bird Construction is more favorable than Aecon Group.

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
Bird Construction	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARE or BDT?

Bird Construction has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aecon Group. Aecon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bird Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aecon Group	C$4.07B	0.45	C$13.11M	-C$0.27	-108.00
Bird Construction	C$3.14B	0.53	C$84.06M	C$1.56	19.18

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ARE or BDT?

18.2% of Aecon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Bird Construction shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Bird Construction shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARE or BDT?

Aecon Group received 186 more outperform votes than Bird Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.50% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Bird Construction an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aecon Group	Outperform Votes 499 69.50%	Underperform Votes 219 30.50%
Bird Construction	Outperform Votes 313 54.43%	Underperform Votes 262 45.57%

Is ARE or BDT more profitable?

Bird Construction has a net margin of 2.68% compared to Aecon Group's net margin of 0.32%. Bird Construction's return on equity of 26.97% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aecon Group	0.32%	1.40%	-3.46%
Bird Construction	2.68%	26.97%	4.80%

Does the media refer more to ARE or BDT?

In the previous week, Bird Construction had 1 more articles in the media than Aecon Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bird Construction and 0 mentions for Aecon Group. Bird Construction's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Aecon Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Bird Construction is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aecon Group	Neutral
Bird Construction	Positive

Summary

Bird Construction beats Aecon Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.