BIP.UN vs. TFII, CXR, GWR, HEP, NM, AAL, GXO, TEN, BPL, and CSX
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners include TFI International (TFII), Concordia International (CXR), Global Water Resources (GWR), Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF (HEP), Northern Empire Resources (NM), Advantage Lithium Corp. (AAL.V) (AAL), Granite Oil (GXO), Terraco Gold (TEN), Bluedrop Performance Learning (BPL), and Clean Seed Capital Group (CSX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners vs.
TFI International (TSE:TFII) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
TFI International currently has a consensus price target of C$197.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.84%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of C$34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.69%. Given TFI International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TFI International is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
TFI International received 12 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.08% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave TFI International an outperform vote.
TFI International has a net margin of 5.93% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of -0.09%. TFI International's return on equity of 18.37% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
TFI International pays an annual dividend of C$2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. TFI International pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -1,211.1% 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 Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TFI International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFI International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.2% of TFI International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of TFI International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TFI International had 7 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TFI International and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat TFI International's score of 0.21 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TFI International has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TFI International beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BIP.UN) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
