BIPC vs. ELP, AQN, ENIC, NJR, POR, BKH, OTTR, OGS, ALE, and PNM
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure include Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Enel Chile (ENIC), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Portland General Electric (POR), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), ONE Gas (OGS), ALLETE (ALE), and PNM Resources (PNM). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.47%. Given Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.
In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure and 2 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of -0.07 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a net margin of 10.55% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 9.36% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL received 203 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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