Stifel Canada Issues Negative Forecast for TSE:BDT Earnings

Key Points

• Stifel Canada has revised Bird Construction's earnings estimates for Q4 2025 down to $0.79 per share, from a previous estimate of $0.82 per share.
• Despite the earnings forecast downgrade, Bird Construction has received upgraded ratings from several analysts, with National Bank Financial raising its target price from C$28.00 to C$34.00 and giving it a "strong-buy" rating.
• The company will pay a monthly dividend of $0.07 per share on November 20th, representing an annualized yield of 2.7%.

Bird Construction Inc. (TSE:BDT - Free Report) - Analysts at Stifel Canada dropped their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Bird Construction in a report issued on Monday, October 6th. Stifel Canada analyst I. Gillies now expects that the company will earn $0.79 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.82. The consensus estimate for Bird Construction's current full-year earnings is $2.76 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Bird Construction's Q1 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Bird Construction from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. National Bankshares upped their target price on shares of Bird Construction from C$28.00 to C$34.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. ATB Capital upped their target price on shares of Bird Construction from C$30.00 to C$33.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. CIBC reduced their target price on shares of Bird Construction from C$35.00 to C$33.00 in a report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut shares of Bird Construction from a "strong-buy" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and five have issued a Buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Bird Construction currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of C$34.13.

Bird Construction Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of Bird Construction stock opened at C$30.74 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of C$1.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.53 and a beta of 0.66. The company's 50 day moving average is C$27.16 and its 200 day moving average is C$25.95. Bird Construction has a twelve month low of C$17.52 and a twelve month high of C$32.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.70.

Bird Construction Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 31st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. Bird Construction's dividend payout ratio is currently 41.49%.

About Bird Construction

Bird Construction Inc operates as a general contractor in the Canadian construction market. The company focuses primarily on projects in the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors of the general contracting industry. It provides construction services such as new construction for industrial, commercial, and institutional markets; industrial maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) services, heavy civil construction and contract surface mining; as well as vertical infrastructure including, electrical, mechanical, and specialty trades.

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