BIP.UN vs. CU, H, EMA, FTS, BEP.UN, BEPC, AQN, BIPC, NPI, and ACO.X
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners include Canadian Utilities (CU), Hydro One (H), Emera (EMA), Fortis (FTS), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Northland Power (NPI), and ATCO (ACO.X). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
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 companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Canadian Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 10 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Canadian Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners currently has a consensus price target of C$40.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.65%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$35.29, suggesting a potential upside of 11.95%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.23 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 5.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 518.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Utilities pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
62.2% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 38.0% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 18.63% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.09%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 10.08% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
Canadian Utilities received 201 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.33% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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