Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) and Emera (TSE:EMA) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Is BIPC or EMA a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Emera pays an annual dividend of C$2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emera pays out 112.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, BIPC or EMA?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emera has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BIPC or EMA?

In the previous week, Emera had 4 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Emera and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Emera's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Emera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure	Neutral
Emera	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BIPC or EMA?

Emera has a consensus target price of C$57.10, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. Given Emera's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Emera is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Emera	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BIPC or EMA?

Emera received 590 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A
Emera	Outperform Votes 590 58.24%	Underperform Votes 423 41.76%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BIPC or EMA?

Brookfield Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Emera. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emera, 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$3.28B	2.18	C$1.20B	C$13.46	4.03
Emera	C$7.35B	2.11	C$725.70M	C$2.57	20.88

Is BIPC or EMA more profitable?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 36.76% compared to Emera's net margin of 10.83%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 129.79% beat Emera's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure	36.76%	129.79%	7.43%
Emera	10.83%	6.60%	2.30%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BIPC or EMA?

72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Emera shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Emera shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Emera beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.