Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

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

Does the media favor BIPC or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Alliant Energy and 9 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.20 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BIPC or LNT a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 119.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy pays out 75.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BIPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy received 6 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 36.14% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 24 77.42%	Underperform Votes 7 22.58%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 36.14%	Underperform Votes 53 63.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, BIPC or LNT?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BIPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Alliant 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Infrastructure	$3.67B	1.37	$171.39M	$1.44	29.40
Alliant Energy	$3.98B	4.05	$703M	$2.69	23.35

Is BIPC or LNT more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 17.33% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 11.39% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alliant Energy	17.33%	11.39%	3.55%

Do analysts rate BIPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $63.39, suggesting a potential upside of 0.92%. Given Alliant Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

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
Alliant Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BIPC or LNT?

70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alliant Energy beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.