Aecon Group Q1 EPS Reduced by National Bank Financial

Aecon Group Inc. (TSE:ARE) – Stock analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Aecon Group in a research note issued on Thursday, March 6th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.06 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.14. National Bank Financial has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Aecon Group’s current full-year earnings is $1.38 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Aecon Group’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.37 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.74 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on ARE. TD Securities decreased their target price on shares of Aecon Group from C$35.00 to C$30.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Stifel Canada downgraded shares of Aecon Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, March 6th. Desjardins dropped their target price on shares of Aecon Group from C$32.00 to C$29.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 7th. Stifel Nicolaus downgraded shares of Aecon Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their target price for the company from C$31.00 to C$19.00 in a report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on shares of Aecon Group from C$27.00 to C$20.00 in a report on Monday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$25.25.

Aecon Group Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of Aecon Group stock opened at C$18.05 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.84. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is C$24.01 and its 200 day moving average price is C$23.93. Aecon Group has a twelve month low of C$13.03 and a twelve month high of C$29.70. The firm has a market capitalization of C$1.14 billion, a PE ratio of -17.76, a P/E/G ratio of 18.18 and a beta of 1.13.

Aecon Group Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were given a dividend of $0.19 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.21%. Aecon Group’s payout ratio is currently -74.76%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Stuart Lee bought 5,700 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$18.35 per share, for a total transaction of C$104,595.00. 0.82% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Aecon Group Company Profile

Aecon Group Inc is a Canada-based company that operates in two segments: Construction and Concessions. The Construction segment includes various aspects of the construction of public and private infrastructure projects, mainly in the transportation sector. Its concessions segment is engaged in the development, financing, construction, and operation of infrastructure projects.