Aecon Group (ARE) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BDGI or ARE?

Badger Infrastructure Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Badger Infrastructure Solutions	C$777.39M	2.52	C$28.91M	C$1.63	35.69
Aecon Group	C$4.91B	0.31	-C$64.67M	C$0.42	56.43

Does the media prefer BDGI or ARE?

In the previous week, Aecon Group had 1 more articles in the media than Badger Infrastructure Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aecon Group and 1 mentions for Badger Infrastructure Solutions. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Badger Infrastructure Solutions' score of 0.91 indicating that Aecon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is BDGI or ARE a better dividend stock?

Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Badger Infrastructure Solutions pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do analysts recommend BDGI or ARE?

Badger Infrastructure Solutions presently has a consensus price target of C$58.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.57%. Aecon Group has a consensus price target of C$22.70, indicating a potential downside of 4.22%. Given Badger Infrastructure Solutions' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Badger Infrastructure Solutions is more favorable than Aecon Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Badger Infrastructure Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Aecon Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BDGI or ARE?

56.2% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Aecon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Badger Infrastructure Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BDGI or ARE more profitable?

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
Badger Infrastructure Solutions	5.71%	16.64%	6.26%
Aecon Group	-1.56%	-6.40%	-3.46%

Which has more risk & volatility, BDGI or ARE?

Badger Infrastructure Solutions has a beta of 1.031554, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aecon Group has a beta of 1.486774, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aecon Group beats Badger Infrastructure Solutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.