BIPC vs. SPB, AQN, CU, NPI, BEPC, CPX, ACO.X, BLX, TA, and BEP.UN
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure include Superior Plus (SPB), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Canadian Utilities (CU), Northland Power (NPI), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Capital Power (CPX), ATCO (ACO.X), Boralex (BLX), TransAlta (TA), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Superior Plus (TSE:SPB) and Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Superior Plus and Superior Plus both had 1 articles in the media. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Superior Plus has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
31.2% of Superior Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Superior Plus received 425 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
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.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 15.13% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 1.54%. Superior Plus' return on equity of 88.01% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.
Superior Plus presently has a consensus price target of C$12.69, suggesting a potential upside of 33.13%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
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 2.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure beats Superior Plus on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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