BDGI vs. ARE, BAD, BDT, IBG, DRT, CKK, WSP, STN, SNC, and ATA
Should you be buying Badger Infrastructure Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Badger Infrastructure Solutions include Aecon Group (ARE), Badger Daylighting (BAD), Bird Construction (BDT), 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.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions vs.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions (TSE:BDGI) and Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Aecon Group's net margin of 0.32%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions' return on equity of 17.54% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.
56.3% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.2% of Aecon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aecon Group. Aecon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Infrastructure Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aecon Group has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aecon Group received 475 more outperform votes than Badger Infrastructure Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Badger Infrastructure Solutions an outperform vote.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions presently has a consensus target price of C$49.64, suggesting a potential upside of 33.38%. Aecon Group has a consensus target price of C$27.53, suggesting a potential upside of 12.82%. Given Badger Infrastructure Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Badger Infrastructure Solutions is more favorable than Aecon Group.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aecon Group pays out -281.5% 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. Aecon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Aecon Group had 3 more articles in the media than Badger Infrastructure Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aecon Group and 0 mentions for Badger Infrastructure Solutions. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Badger Infrastructure Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Aecon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Badger Infrastructure Solutions beats Aecon Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BDGI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
