Brokers Offer Predictions for Aecon Group Q1 Earnings

Aecon Group Inc. (TSE:ARE) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Aecon Group in a report issued on Thursday, March 6th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now expects that the company will earn $0.06 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.14. National Bank Financial currently 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 equities research analysts also recently commented on ARE. Desjardins decreased their target price on Aecon Group from C$32.00 to C$29.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Stifel Canada downgraded Aecon Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. CIBC reduced their price objective on Aecon Group from C$33.00 to C$30.00 in a research note on Friday, March 7th. TD Securities reduced their price objective on 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. Finally, Raymond James reduced their price objective on Aecon Group from C$28.00 to C$23.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$25.25.

Aecon Group Price Performance

Shares of Aecon Group stock opened at C$18.05 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$24.01 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$23.93. Aecon Group has a 52 week low of C$13.03 and a 52 week high of C$29.70. The company has a market capitalization of C$1.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -17.76, a PEG ratio of 18.18 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.84.

Aecon Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 3rd were paid a $0.19 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.21%. Aecon Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -74.76%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Aecon Group news, Director Stuart Lee bought 5,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were purchased 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.