South Bow (SOBO) Competitors

South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Is SOBO or BIP more profitable?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a net margin of 1.54% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity of 1.15% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	1.54%	1.15%	0.31%

Do analysts prefer SOBO or BIP?

South Bow presently has a consensus price target of $28.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.75%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of $41.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.28%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than South Bow.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
South Bow	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SOBO or BIP?

57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SOBO or BIP?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has higher revenue and earnings than South Bow. South Bow 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
South Bow	$2.12B	2.67	$316M	$1.85	14.72
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$21.54B	0.66	$351M	$0.05	616.00

Does the media refer more to SOBO or BIP?

In the previous week, South Bow had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for South Bow and 7 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat South Bow's score of 1.05 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
South Bow	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SOBO or BIP a better dividend stock?

South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 3,440.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. South Bow is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats South Bow on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.