Bird Construction (BDT) Competitors

Badger Daylighting (TSE:BAD) and Bird Construction (TSE:BDT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BAD or BDT?

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

Is BAD or BDT more profitable?

Bird Construction has a net margin of 2.81% compared to Badger Daylighting's net margin of 0.00%. Bird Construction's return on equity of 26.11% beat Badger Daylighting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Badger Daylighting	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bird Construction	2.81%	26.11%	4.80%

Does the media prefer BAD or BDT?

In the previous week, Bird Construction had 3 more articles in the media than Badger Daylighting. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bird Construction and 0 mentions for Badger Daylighting. Bird Construction's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Badger Daylighting's score of 0.00 indicating that Bird Construction is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Badger Daylighting	Neutral
Bird Construction	Positive

Is BAD or BDT a better dividend stock?

Badger Daylighting pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. Bird Construction pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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. Bird Construction pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bird Construction is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BAD or BDT?

Bird Construction has higher revenue and earnings than Badger Daylighting. Badger Daylighting 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
Badger Daylighting	C$530.42M	0.00	C$4.53M	C$0.13	N/A
Bird Construction	C$3.31B	0.47	C$93.17M	C$1.65	17.02

Do analysts prefer BAD or BDT?

Bird Construction has a consensus target price of C$32.44, indicating a potential upside of 15.39%. Given Bird Construction's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bird Construction is more favorable than Badger Daylighting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Badger Daylighting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bird Construction	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Bird Construction beats Badger Daylighting on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.