Superior Plus (SPB) Competitors

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

Is SPB or BIPC more profitable?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 4.43% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of 1.54%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 32.69% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Superior Plus	1.54%	4.77%	3.53%
Brookfield Infrastructure	4.43%	32.69%	6.08%

Do analysts recommend SPB or BIPC?

Superior Plus presently has a consensus target price of C$12.69, suggesting a potential upside of 33.98%. Given Superior Plus' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Superior Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is SPB or BIPC a better dividend stock?

Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of 2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Superior Plus pays out 313.0% 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 pays out 191.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, SPB or BIPC?

Superior Plus has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SPB or BIPC?

In the previous week, Superior Plus had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Superior Plus and 3 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.12 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SPB or BIPC?

Brookfield Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Superior Plus. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Superior Plus, 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
Superior Plus	C$3.35B	0.70	C$51.60M	C$0.23	41.17
Brookfield Infrastructure	$2.50B	2.27	$111M	$1.15	37.37

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SPB or BIPC?

31.2% of Superior Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.5% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPB or BIPC?

Superior Plus received 425 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Superior Plus	Outperform Votes 425 62.96%	Underperform Votes 250 37.04%
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A

Summary

Brookfield Infrastructure beats Superior Plus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.