Aura Minerals (ORA) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) and Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BIPC or ORA?

Aura Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Aura Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure, 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$2.13B	1.98	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-7.41
Aura Minerals	C$391.49M	3.55	-C$37.81M	-C$1.03	-25.92

Is BIPC or ORA more profitable?

Aura Minerals has a net margin of -9.66% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -18.82%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat Aura Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%
Aura Minerals	-9.66%	-19.25%	8.95%

Which has more volatility and risk, BIPC or ORA?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aura Minerals has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BIPC or ORA?

Aura Minerals received 110 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A
Aura Minerals	Outperform Votes 110 58.20%	Underperform Votes 79 41.80%

Is BIPC or ORA a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Aura Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out -32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aura Minerals pays out -92.8% 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.

Does the media prefer BIPC or ORA?

In the previous week, Aura Minerals had 7 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aura Minerals and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Aura Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Aura Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aura Minerals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BIPC or ORA?

Aura Minerals has a consensus price target of C$16.00, indicating a potential downside of 40.32%. Given Aura Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aura Minerals 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
Aura Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of Aura Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.0% of Aura Minerals shares are held 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.

Summary

Aura Minerals beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.