Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

Fortis (NYSE:FTS) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BIPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FTS or BIPC?

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Fortis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortis	$8.53B	2.57	$1.17B	$2.38	18.56
Brookfield Infrastructure	$3.64B	1.57	$190.11M	$1.44	29.97

Which has more risk & volatility, FTS or BIPC?

Fortis has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FTS or BIPC a better dividend stock?

Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Fortis pays out 71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Fortis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer FTS or BIPC?

In the previous week, Fortis had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Fortis and 2 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Fortis' score of 0.33 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortis	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brookfield Infrastructure	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FTS or BIPC more profitable?

Fortis has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.03% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortis	14.06%	7.03%	2.33%
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTS or BIPC?

Fortis received 255 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 52.64% of users gave Fortis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortis	Outperform Votes 279 52.64%	Underperform Votes 251 47.36%
Brookfield Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 24 77.42%	Underperform Votes 7 22.58%

Do analysts prefer FTS or BIPC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortis	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.25
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FTS or BIPC?

57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Fortis beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.