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Aecon Group (ARE) Competitors

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C$28.49 +3.12 (+12.30%)
As of 10/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ARE vs. BDGI, BDT, BAD, IBG, DRT, CKK, WSP, STN, SNC, and AC

Should you be buying Aecon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aecon Group include Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Bird Construction (BDT), Badger Daylighting (BAD), IBI Group (IBG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Cordy Oilfield Services (CKK), WSP Global (WSP), Stantec (STN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Air Canada (AC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Aecon Group vs. Its Competitors

Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) and Badger Infrastructure Solutions (TSE:BDGI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Aecon Group and Aecon Group both had 8 articles in the media. Badger Infrastructure Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Aecon Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Badger Infrastructure Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aecon Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a net margin of 5.71% compared to Aecon Group's net margin of -1.56%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions' return on equity of 16.64% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aecon Group-1.56% -6.40% -3.46%
Badger Infrastructure Solutions 5.71%16.64%6.26%

Badger Infrastructure Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aecon Group. Badger Infrastructure Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aecon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aecon GroupC$4.91B0.37-C$64.67MC$0.4267.83
Badger Infrastructure SolutionsC$777.39M3.05C$28.91MC$1.6343.10

Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Aecon Group pays out 181.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Aecon Group has a beta of 1.483995, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a beta of 0.972342, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aecon Group currently has a consensus target price of C$24.91, suggesting a potential downside of 12.57%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a consensus target price of C$69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.78%. Given Badger Infrastructure Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Badger Infrastructure Solutions is more favorable than Aecon Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aecon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

19.0% of Aecon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Badger Infrastructure Solutions beats Aecon Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARE vs. The Competition

MetricAecon GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.81BC$2.93BC$7.97BC$9.66B
Dividend Yield3.08%3.39%4.57%6.50%
P/E Ratio67.8322.8225.3529.41
Price / Sales0.3779.421,267.8510.82
Price / Cash1.1514.6128.1383.29
Price / Book1.853.294.995.78
Net Income-C$64.67MC$82.90MC$790.14MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance16.33%1.88%1.88%0.79%
1 Month Performance26.17%6.18%3.08%1.98%
1 Year Performance26.62%64.91%31.33%34.98%

Aecon Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARE
Aecon Group
0.899 of 5 stars
C$28.49
+12.3%
C$24.91
-12.6%
+26.6%C$1.81BC$4.91B67.838,684News Coverage
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
BDGI
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
1.0324 of 5 stars
C$65.01
+0.5%
C$62.33
-4.1%
+71.1%C$2.19BC$777.39M39.882,433Analyst Downgrade
BDT
Bird Construction
3.6564 of 5 stars
C$30.28
-0.7%
C$35.00
+15.6%
-0.7%C$1.68BC$3.40B16.825,000Dividend Announcement
BAD
Badger Daylighting
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.40BC$530.42M310.001,875News Coverage
IBG
IBI Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$608.07MC$583.99M29.523,000
DRT
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
N/AC$0.87
+3.6%
N/A+2.2%C$165.59MC$172.48M87.00922Positive News
Gap Down
CKK
Cordy Oilfield Services
N/AC$0.04
+14.3%
N/A+0.0%C$9.25MC$26.15M5.71240,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WSP
WSP Global
1.8842 of 5 stars
C$279.34
+0.2%
C$307.23
+10.0%
N/AC$36.46BC$17.55B45.5769,300
STN
Stantec
1.0894 of 5 stars
C$153.23
-1.7%
C$156.00
+1.8%
N/AC$17.48BC$7.78B40.1131,000
SNC
SNC-Lavalin Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.63BC$7.94B92.5333,876High Trading Volume
AC
Air Canada
3.5999 of 5 stars
C$18.06
-1.1%
C$24.78
+37.2%
N/AC$5.35BC$22.34B4.5720News Coverage

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This page (TSE:ARE) was last updated on 10/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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