Stifel Canada "More Confident" in Bird Construction's Positive Outlook After Investor Meetings

Stifel Canada's Ian Gillies came away from Bird Construction (BDT.TO) investor meetings, "feeling more confident in our positive outlook."Gillies, who is maintaining a buy rating and $55.00 price target on the stock, said Bird's demand outlook "sounds great with a lot of active procurement ongoing (unsurprising)," which would lead to better risk balancing in contract structures, and improve the quality of cash flow.There is still potential valuation upside for Bird as the company's 2027E P/E of 13.4x lags significantly behind the construction peer group of 18.6x and its close Canadian peer Aecon (ARE.TO) at 21.7x. The construction sector is also trading at a 46% higher P/E multiple than its 10Y average of 12.7x while Bird Construction is trading at a 24% higher P/E multiple than its historical average of 10.8x, Gillies adds.Price: $46.32, Change: $+0.56, Percent Change: +1.22%

-- Stifel Canada's Ian Gillies came away from Bird Construction (BDT.TO) investor meetings, "feeling more confident in our positive outlook."

Gillies, who is maintaining a buy rating and $55.00 price target on the stock, said Bird's demand outlook "sounds great with a lot of active procurement ongoing (unsurprising)," which would lead to better risk balancing in contract structures, and improve the quality of cash flow.

There is still potential valuation upside for Bird as the company's 2027E P/E of 13.4x lags significantly behind the construction peer group of 18.6x and its close Canadian peer Aecon (ARE.TO) at 21.7x. The construction sector is also trading at a 46% higher P/E multiple than its 10Y average of 12.7x while Bird Construction is trading at a 24% higher P/E multiple than its historical average of 10.8x, Gillies adds.

Price: $46.32, Change: $+0.56, Percent Change: +1.22%