BIPC vs. AQN, POR, ENIC, NJR, ELP, IDA, BKH, MDU, OTTR, and UGI
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure include Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Portland General Electric (POR), Enel Chile (ENIC), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), IDACORP (IDA), Black Hills (BKH), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Otter Tail (OTTR), and UGI (UGI). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -12.44%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 5.39% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.
Algonquin Power & Utilities presently has a consensus price target of $7.44, suggesting a potential upside of 11.95%. Brookfield Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.08%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure is more favorable than Algonquin Power & Utilities.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 14 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 4 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of -0.05 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Algonquin Power & Utilities received 235 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Algonquin Power & Utilities an outperform vote.
62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookfield Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Algonquin Power & Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -87.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 112.5% 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Algonquin Power & Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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