Aecon Group (ARE) Competitors

Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) and Bird Construction (TSE:BDT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is ARE or BDT a better dividend stock?

Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Bird Construction pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Aecon Group pays out -74.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bird Construction pays out 50.9% 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.

Is ARE or BDT more profitable?

Bird Construction has a net margin of 2.81% compared to Aecon Group's net margin of -1.56%. Bird Construction's return on equity of 26.11% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aecon Group	-1.56%	-6.40%	-3.46%
Bird Construction	2.81%	26.11%	4.80%

Do analysts rate ARE or BDT?

Aecon Group presently has a consensus price target of C$22.90, indicating a potential upside of 22.66%. Bird Construction has a consensus price target of C$32.69, indicating a potential upside of 25.10%. Given Bird Construction's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bird Construction is more favorable than Aecon Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aecon Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bird Construction	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ARE or BDT?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARE or BDT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aecon Group	C$4.16B	0.28	-C$64.67M	-C$1.02	-18.37
Bird Construction	C$3.31B	0.44	C$93.17M	C$1.65	15.82

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARE or BDT?

Aecon Group received 188 more outperform votes than Bird Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.15% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 54.44% of users gave Bird Construction an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aecon Group	Outperform Votes 507 68.15%	Underperform Votes 237 31.85%
Bird Construction	Outperform Votes 319 54.44%	Underperform Votes 267 45.56%

Which has more volatility & risk, ARE or BDT?

Aecon Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bird Construction has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ARE or BDT?

In the previous week, Bird Construction had 24 more articles in the media than Aecon Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Bird Construction and 2 mentions for Aecon Group. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Bird Construction's score of -0.08 indicating that Aecon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aecon Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bird Construction	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Bird Construction beats Aecon Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.