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.
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.
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.
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.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:ARE) was last updated on 10/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
