BDT vs. ARE, BAD, BDGI, IBG, DRT, CKK, WSP, STN, SNC, and ATS
Should you be buying Bird Construction stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bird Construction include Aecon Group (ARE), Badger Daylighting (BAD), 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 (ATS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bird Construction vs.
Bird Construction (TSE:BDT) and Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Bird Construction has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aecon Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aecon Group received 186 more outperform votes than Bird Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave Bird Construction an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bird Construction had 1 more articles in the media than Aecon Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bird Construction and 1 mentions for Aecon Group. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Bird Construction's score of 0.20 indicating that Aecon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
34.0% of Bird Construction shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.2% of Aecon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Bird Construction 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bird Construction has a net margin of 2.81% compared to Aecon Group's net margin of -1.56%. Bird Construction's return on equity of 26.11% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.
Bird Construction pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bird Construction pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aecon Group pays out -74.8% 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.
Bird Construction currently has a consensus target price of C$33.25, indicating a potential upside of 52.66%. Aecon Group has a consensus target price of C$27.35, indicating a potential upside of 16.46%. Given Bird Construction's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bird Construction is more favorable than Aecon Group.
Bird Construction has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Bird Construction beats Aecon Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BDT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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