BDGI vs. BDT, ARE, WTE, MDA, SIS, BLDP, BBU.UN, MTL, CJT, and AFN
Should you be buying Badger Infrastructure Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Badger Infrastructure Solutions include Bird Construction (BDT), Aecon Group (ARE), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), MDA (MDA), Savaria (SIS), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), Mullen Group (MTL), Cargojet (CJT), and Ag Growth International (AFN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bird Construction (TSE:BDT) and Badger Infrastructure Solutions (TSE:BDGI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Badger Infrastructure Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than Bird Construction. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Badger Infrastructure Solutions and 4 mentions for Bird Construction. Bird Construction's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Badger Infrastructure Solutions' score of 0.31 indicating that Badger Infrastructure Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bird Construction has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Badger Infrastructure Solutions' net margin of 2.56%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions' return on equity of 24.03% beat Bird Construction's return on equity.
Bird Construction has higher revenue and earnings than Badger Infrastructure Solutions. Bird Construction 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.
31.1% of Bird Construction shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Bird Construction shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bird Construction pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Bird Construction pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays out 44.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bird Construction currently has a consensus price target of C$21.21, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a consensus price target of C$53.06, suggesting a potential upside of 20.53%. Given Bird Construction's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Badger Infrastructure Solutions is more favorable than Bird Construction.
Bird Construction received 287 more outperform votes than Badger Infrastructure Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.31% of users gave Bird Construction an outperform vote while only 28.30% of users gave Badger Infrastructure Solutions an outperform vote.
Summary
Badger Infrastructure Solutions beats Bird Construction on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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