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Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

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$38.54 -0.82 (-2.08%)
(As of 12:46 PM ET)

BIPC vs. FTS, LNT, WES, EVRG, AGR, EBR, WTRG, SBS, DTM, and KEP

Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure include Fortis (FTS), Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), DT Midstream (DTM), and Korea Electric Power (KEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Brookfield Infrastructure vs.

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

In the previous week, Fortis had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fortis and 6 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Fortis' score of 0.77 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Brookfield InfrastructureOutperform Votes
24
77.42%
Underperform Votes
7
22.58%
FortisOutperform Votes
279
52.64%
Underperform Votes
251
47.36%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Fortis
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.33

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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 pays out 76.1% 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.

Fortis has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.01% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookfield InfrastructureN/A N/A N/A
Fortis 14.06%7.01%2.32%

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortis has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Infrastructure$3.64B1.43$190.14M$1.4427.33
Fortis$11.44B1.82$1.17B$2.3817.61

70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BIPC vs. The Competition

MetricBrookfield InfrastructureUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.20B$2.04B$13.68B$9.32B
Dividend Yield3.84%4.14%4.06%4.06%
P/E Ratio27.3320.7782.3317.54
Price / Sales1.43108.2629.43139.66
Price / CashN/A15.1318.3737.95
Price / BookN/A11.322.264.92
Net Income$190.14M$305.01M$632.07M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-6.60%-1.31%-1.02%-1.56%
1 Month Performance-9.31%0.14%-1.44%6.68%
1 Year Performance13.20%-2.13%5.95%22.48%

Brookfield Infrastructure Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/A$38.54
-2.1%
N/A+12.7%$5.09B$3.64B27.331,700News Coverage
Positive News
FTS
Fortis
3.412 of 5 stars
$42.17
-0.4%
N/A+2.2%$20.98B$8.53B17.779,600
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3629 of 5 stars
$60.44
0.0%
$63.39
+4.9%
+17.7%$15.51B$4.03B23.433,281Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.5174 of 5 stars
$39.29
-1.2%
$37.88
-3.6%
+38.9%$14.95B$3.11B10.141,377Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
3.3039 of 5 stars
$61.82
-0.1%
$61.88
+0.1%
+18.8%$14.22B$5.78B16.734,658Positive News
AGR
Avangrid
3.4325 of 5 stars
$35.71
+0.3%
$34.67
-2.9%
+8.4%$13.82B$8.31B12.237,999Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
0.9774 of 5 stars
$5.84
-1.0%
N/A-29.6%$13.44B$38.08B0.008,328
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.6353 of 5 stars
$38.95
+0.7%
$44.00
+13.0%
+5.3%$10.70B$2.05B19.353,258Dividend Announcement
Positive News
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
1.7607 of 5 stars
$14.67
-0.5%
N/A+2.9%$10.03B$5.12B5.7511,170Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
4.0585 of 5 stars
$100.08
+0.2%
$84.78
-15.3%
+86.1%$9.72B$976M24.48360Short Interest ↓
Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.2203 of 5 stars
$7.53
+1.5%
N/A+2.9%$9.67B$91.66T3.4448,696

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This page (NASDAQ:BIPC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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