Canadian Utilities (CU) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BIP.UN or CU?

67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BIP.UN or CU?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners currently has a consensus price target of C$34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.91%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$38.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Canadian Utilities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, BIP.UN or CU?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BIP.UN or CU more profitable?

Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 13.41% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of -0.09%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 7.21% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	-0.09%	5.21%	3.18%
Canadian Utilities	13.41%	7.21%	2.66%

Is BIP.UN or CU a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -1,211.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Utilities pays out 97.8% 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 Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BIP.UN or CU?

In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 5 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Canadian Utilities' score of -0.47 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	Neutral
Canadian Utilities	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, BIP.UN or CU?

Canadian Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Utilities, 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 Partners	C$19.78B	0.97	-C$57M	-C$0.18	-230.11
Canadian Utilities	C$2.81B	2.77	C$376.93M	C$1.85	20.60

Summary

Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.