BDT vs. ARE, BAD, BDGI, IBG, DRT, CKK, WSP, STN, SNC, and FTT
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 Finning International (FTT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bird Construction vs.
Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) and Bird Construction (TSE:BDT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Bird Construction pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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.
Aecon Group presently has a consensus price target of C$27.53, suggesting a potential upside of 3.60%. Bird Construction has a consensus price target of C$33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.31%. Given Bird Construction's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bird Construction is more favorable than Aecon Group.
Aecon Group received 186 more outperform votes than Bird Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 54.34% of users gave Bird Construction an outperform vote.
18.2% of Aecon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Bird Construction shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Bird Construction shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Aecon Group has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bird Construction has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bird Construction had 3 more articles in the media than Aecon Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bird Construction and 5 mentions for Aecon Group. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Bird Construction's score of 0.11 indicating that Aecon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
