Desjardins Comments on Aecon Group’s Q2 Earnings (TSE:ARE)

Aecon Group Inc. (TSE:ARE) – Analysts at Desjardins issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Aecon Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, March 6th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier expects that the company will earn $0.21 per share for the quarter. Desjardins has a “Buy” rating and a $29.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Aecon Group’s current full-year earnings is $1.38 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Aecon Group’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.40 EPS.

ARE has been the subject of several other reports. Raymond James reduced their target price on Aecon Group from C$28.00 to C$23.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Stifel Canada cut shares of Aecon Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus lowered shares of Aecon Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the company from C$31.00 to C$19.00 in a research note on Friday. CIBC cut their target price on shares of Aecon Group from C$33.00 to C$30.00 in a research report on Friday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on Aecon Group from C$29.00 to C$24.00 in a research report on Friday. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$24.98.

Aecon Group Stock Performance

ARE opened at C$17.96 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 32.84, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a current ratio of 1.19. The company has a market cap of C$1.14 billion, a PE ratio of -17.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 18.18 and a beta of 1.13. The stock has a 50-day moving average of C$24.19 and a 200-day moving average of C$23.92. Aecon Group has a 52-week low of C$13.03 and a 52-week high of C$29.70.

Aecon Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were issued a $0.19 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.23%. Aecon Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -74.76%.

About Aecon Group

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.