Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

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

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

63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PPL or BIPC?

Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, 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
Pembina Pipeline	C$7.71B	3.86	C$1.98B	C$3.45	14.94
Brookfield Infrastructure	C$2.13B	2.37	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-8.83

Is PPL or BIPC a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 80.1% 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 -32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, PPL or BIPC?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PPL or BIPC?

Pembina Pipeline received 676 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 676 61.62%	Underperform Votes 421 38.38%
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer PPL or BIPC?

Pembina Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of C$59.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.28%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PPL or BIPC more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 25.73% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -18.82%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	25.73%	12.06%	4.31%
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%

Does the media refer more to PPL or BIPC?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	Neutral
Brookfield Infrastructure	Neutral

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.