Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP) Competitors

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

Is CSX or BIP more profitable?

CSX has a net margin of 23.95% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.64%. CSX's return on equity of 28.15% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSX	23.95%	28.15%	8.34%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	1.64%	1.17%	0.33%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CSX or BIP?

CSX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. CSX 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
CSX	$14.54B	3.66	$3.47B	$1.79	15.79
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$21.04B	0.64	$351M	$0.04	725.25

Do analysts rate CSX or BIP?

CSX presently has a consensus price target of $35.55, suggesting a potential upside of 25.75%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.50%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than CSX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSX	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSX or BIP?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners received 14 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CSX	Outperform Votes 562 63.15%	Underperform Votes 328 36.85%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	Outperform Votes 576 64.50%	Underperform Votes 317 35.50%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CSX or BIP?

73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CSX or BIP?

In the previous week, CSX had 54 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for CSX and 8 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat CSX's score of 0.68 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSX	29 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSX or BIP a better dividend stock?

CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. CSX pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. CSX has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, CSX or BIP?

CSX has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CSX beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.