ARE vs. BAD, BDT, BDGI, IBG, DRT, CKK, WSP, STN, SNC, and SES
Should you be buying Aecon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aecon Group include Badger Daylighting (BAD), Bird Construction (BDT), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), IBI Group (IBG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Cordy Oilfield Services (CKK), WSP Global (WSP), Stantec (STN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Secure Energy Services (SES). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Badger Daylighting (TSE:BAD) and Aecon Group (TSE:ARE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Aecon Group had 18 more articles in the media than Badger Daylighting. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Aecon Group and 1 mentions for Badger Daylighting. Aecon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Badger Daylighting's score of -0.19 indicating that Badger Daylighting is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aecon Group has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Aecon Group's net margin of 0.00%. Badger Daylighting's return on equity of 16.62% beat Aecon Group's return on equity.
Aecon Group has a consensus price target of C$18.69, indicating a potential upside of 19.59%.
Aecon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Badger Daylighting. Badger Daylighting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aecon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Badger Daylighting pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. Aecon Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Badger Daylighting pays out 463.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aecon Group pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aecon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Aecon Group received 232 more outperform votes than Badger Daylighting when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.99% of users gave Aecon Group an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Badger Daylighting an outperform vote.
16.7% of Aecon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aecon Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Aecon Group beats Badger Daylighting on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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