ARE vs. BDT, BDGI, BLDP, AFN, SIS, MTL, AND, WJX, BBD.A, and DBM
Should you be buying Aecon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aecon Group include Bird Construction (BDT), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Ag Growth International (AFN), Savaria (SIS), Mullen Group (MTL), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Wajax (WJX), Bombardier (BBD.A), and Doman Building Materials Group (DBM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) and Bird Construction (TSE:BDT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Aecon Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bird Construction has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aecon Group had 29 more articles in the media than Bird Construction. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Aecon Group and 4 mentions for Bird Construction. Bird Construction's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Aecon Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Bird Construction is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aecon Group currently has a consensus target price of C$19.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Bird Construction has a consensus target price of C$20.06, indicating a potential upside of 4.82%. Given Aecon Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aecon Group is more favorable than Bird Construction.
Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Bird Construction pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Aecon Group pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bird Construction pays out 42.1% 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.
Aecon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bird Construction. 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.
Aecon Group received 187 more outperform votes than Bird Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.77% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Bird Construction an outperform vote.
Aecon Group has a net margin of 3.49% compared to Bird Construction's net margin of 2.56%. Bird Construction's return on equity of 24.03% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.
17.8% of Aecon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of Bird Construction shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Aecon Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Bird Construction shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Aecon Group beats Bird Construction on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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