Aura Minerals (ORA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ORA or BIPC?

Aura Minerals currently has a consensus target price of C$16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.18%. Given Aura Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aura Minerals is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aura Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ORA or BIPC?

Aura Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Aura Minerals	C$391.49M	3.08	-C$37.81M	-C$1.03	-22.48
Brookfield Infrastructure	C$2.13B	1.93	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-7.22

Does the media prefer ORA or BIPC?

In the previous week, Aura Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aura Minerals and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Aura Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.34 indicating that Aura Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is ORA or BIPC 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
Aura Minerals	-9.66%	-19.25%	8.95%
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ORA or BIPC?

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

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ORA or BIPC?

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ORA or BIPC?

4.2% of Aura Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of Aura Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ORA or BIPC a better dividend stock?

Aura Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Aura Minerals pays out -92.8% 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.

Summary

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