BIP vs. RGA, ARCC, UDR, KIM, EQH, BEN, WPC, RYAN, CNA, and LAMR
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners include Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Ares Capital (ARCC), UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), Equitable (EQH), Franklin Resources (BEN), W. P. Carey (WPC), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), CNA Financial (CNA), and Lamar Advertising (LAMR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Reinsurance Group of America has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Reinsurance Group of America's net margin of 2.05%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity of 15.94% beat Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity.
Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 522.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Reinsurance Group of America has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Reinsurance Group of America has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Reinsurance Group of America 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.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners received 244 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 51.52% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote.
Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had 7 more articles in the media than Reinsurance Group of America. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and 20 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 0.55 indicating that Reinsurance Group of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Reinsurance Group of America presently has a consensus price target of $196.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.60%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of $38.20, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Reinsurance Group of America's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Reinsurance Group of America.
Summary
Reinsurance Group of America beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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