TSE:BDT Q1 EPS Forecast Cut by National Bank Financial

Bird Construction Inc. (TSE:BDT) – Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Bird Construction in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, March 13th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now expects that the company will earn $0.24 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.35. The consensus estimate for Bird Construction’s current full-year earnings is $2.76 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Bird Construction’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.66 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.86 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.25 EPS.

BDT has been the topic of several other reports. Cibc World Mkts raised Bird Construction from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 14th. CIBC decreased their price objective on Bird Construction from C$36.00 to C$31.00 in a report on Friday, March 14th. TD Securities decreased their price objective on Bird Construction from C$36.00 to C$33.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. National Bankshares cut their target price on Bird Construction from C$32.00 to C$30.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on Bird Construction from C$38.00 to C$37.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$32.67.

Bird Construction Stock Up 1.8 %

Shares of BDT opened at C$22.02 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$1.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.53 and a beta of 1.05. Bird Construction has a 1 year low of C$17.89 and a 1 year high of C$32.67. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is C$22.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$25.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.70, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 1.20.

Bird Construction Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 20th will be given a $0.07 dividend. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. Bird Construction’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 50.87%.

Bird Construction Company Profile

Bird Construction Inc operates as a general contractor in the Canadian construction market. The company focuses primarily on projects in the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors of the general contracting industry. It provides construction services such as new construction for industrial, commercial, and institutional markets; industrial maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) services, heavy civil construction and contract surface mining; as well as vertical infrastructure including, electrical, mechanical, and specialty trades.