TransAlta (TA) Competitors

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

Does the media favor BIPC or TA?

In the previous week, TransAlta had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TransAlta and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat TransAlta's score of -0.55 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure	Neutral
TransAlta	Negative

Is BIPC or TA a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TransAlta pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out -32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransAlta pays out 34.2% 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. Brookfield Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BIPC or TA?

72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransAlta shares are owned by 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 preferable earnings & valuation, BIPC or TA?

TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, 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	1.93	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-7.22
TransAlta	C$2.83B	1.29	C$212.05M	C$0.70	17.32

Which has more volatility & risk, BIPC or TA?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BIPC or TA?

TransAlta received 342 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A
TransAlta	Outperform Votes 342 53.11%	Underperform Votes 302 46.89%

Is BIPC or TA more profitable?

TransAlta has a net margin of 7.49% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -18.82%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat TransAlta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%
TransAlta	7.49%	12.03%	7.07%

Do analysts recommend BIPC or TA?

TransAlta has a consensus target price of C$18.36, indicating a potential upside of 51.09%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TransAlta 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
TransAlta	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

TransAlta beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.