BIPC vs. ATO, NRG, EBR, AES, VIV, AGR, LNT, NI, EVRG, and WTRG
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure include Atmos Energy (ATO), NRG Energy (NRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), AES (AES), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Avangrid (AGR), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), Evergy (EVRG), and Essential Utilities (WTRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Brookfield Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BIPC) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 9.01% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.
70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Atmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Atmos Energy and 8 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 1.20 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atmos Energy received 447 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 64.43% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote.
Brookfield Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.05%. Atmos Energy has a consensus target price of $129.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.60%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure is more favorable than Atmos Energy.
Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atmos Energy beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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