Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BIPC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, WES or BIPC?

Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.9, indicating that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WES or BIPC?

Western Midstream Partners received 570 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 68.59% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Midstream Partners	Outperform Votes 594 68.59%	Underperform Votes 272 31.41%
Brookfield Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 24 77.42%	Underperform Votes 7 22.58%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WES or BIPC?

84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WES or BIPC a better dividend stock?

Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WES or BIPC?

Western Midstream Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure. Western Midstream Partners 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
Western Midstream Partners	$3.11B	5.08	$1.02B	$3.92	10.59
Brookfield Infrastructure	$3.64B	1.30	$171.42M	$1.44	27.50

Is WES or BIPC more profitable?

Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Midstream Partners	42.99%	46.02%	12.18%
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate WES or BIPC?

Western Midstream Partners presently has a consensus price target of $37.88, suggesting a potential downside of 8.73%. Given Western Midstream Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Western Midstream Partners is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Midstream Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to WES or BIPC?

In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure and 3 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 1.16 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Midstream Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Infrastructure	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Western Midstream Partners beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.