Brookfield Renewable (BEPC) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) and Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is BIPC or BEPC a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out -32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable pays out -96.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, BIPC or BEPC?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BIPC or BEPC?

72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by company insiders. 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 BIPC or BEPC more profitable?

Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of -16.64% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -18.82%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%
Brookfield Renewable	-16.64%	-9.33%	2.20%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BIPC or BEPC?

Brookfield Infrastructure and Brookfield Renewable both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Renewable	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to BIPC or BEPC?

In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Brookfield Renewable'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure	Neutral
Brookfield Renewable	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BIPC or BEPC?

Brookfield Renewable has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Renewable 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	C$2.13B	2.37	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-8.83
Brookfield Renewable	C$866.38M	4.89	-C$144.17M	-C$1.98	-20.85

Summary

Brookfield Renewable beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.