Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BIP or RYAAY?

Ryanair received 22 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.53% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	Outperform Votes 576 64.50%	Underperform Votes 317 35.50%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 598 69.53%	Underperform Votes 262 30.47%

Which has more volatility & risk, BIP or RYAAY?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BIP or RYAAY more profitable?

Ryanair has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.64%. Ryanair's return on equity of 21.46% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	1.64%	1.17%	0.33%
Ryanair	12.14%	21.46%	9.91%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BIP or RYAAY?

Ryanair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Ryanair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, 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 Partners	$21.04B	0.66	$351M	$0.04	753.50
Ryanair	$13.82B	1.76	$2.07B	$3.26	13.96

Do analysts prefer BIP or RYAAY?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners currently has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.01%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $151.00, suggesting a potential upside of 231.72%. Given Ryanair's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BIP or RYAAY?

57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are held 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.

Is BIP or RYAAY a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 4,300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryanair pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor BIP or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 8 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ryanair and 8 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.67 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryanair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ryanair beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.