Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

Emera (TSE:EMA) and Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) are both 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, EMA or BIPC?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EMA or BIPC?

Brookfield Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Emera	C$7.35B	2.03	C$725.70M	C$2.57	20.16
Brookfield Infrastructure	$3.28B	2.44	$1.20B	$13.46	4.51

Is EMA or BIPC 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
Emera	10.83%	6.60%	2.30%
Brookfield Infrastructure	36.76%	129.79%	7.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EMA or BIPC?

Emera received 587 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Emera	Outperform Votes 587 58.41%	Underperform Votes 418 41.59%
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor EMA or BIPC?

In the previous week, Emera had 5 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Emera and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Emera's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Emera is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Emera	Positive
Brookfield Infrastructure	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EMA or BIPC?

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

Do analysts recommend EMA or BIPC?

Emera presently has a consensus target price of C$52.10, indicating a potential upside of 0.58%. Given Emera's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Emera is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emera	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is EMA or BIPC a better dividend stock?

Emera pays an annual dividend of C$2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of 2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Emera beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.