Building Value
Aecon Group Inc. trades on the TSX under the trading symbol ARE.
Investment highlights:
- Aecon is a dominant franchise in one of Canada's key industries.
- Strong industry growth forecasts (Global Insights calls Canada the third fastest growing construction economy in the world)
- Aecon's primary strength and focus is in the high growth areas of:
- Transportation infrastructure
- Energy sector (including Alberta oil sands and Ontario nuclear)
- Aecon's earnings visibility and profitability are improving.
- Backlog and margins best in four years
- EPS target growing to $0.75 in 2008
- Aecon has significant “hidden value” in non-traditional construction assets such as:
- Cross Israel Highway concession
- Quito International Airport concession
- Aggregate properties across Ontario



