BIPC vs. AQN, BEPC, TA, RNW, UNS, ORA, ET, POM, NOU, and NFG
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure include Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta (TA), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), Evertz Technologies (ET), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), and New Found Gold (NFG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Infrastructure vs.
Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE:AQN) and Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out -32.0% 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.
Algonquin Power & Utilities presently has a consensus price target of C$5.50, suggesting a potential downside of 24.66%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
62.0% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algonquin Power & Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Algonquin Power & Utilities received 518 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of -18.82% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -39.22%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.
Summary
Algonquin Power & Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BIPC) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
