Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BIPC) and Fortis (NYSE:FTS) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BIPC or FTS?

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Fortis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure, 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
Brookfield Infrastructure	$3.28B	1.69	$190.04M	$1.44	29.17
Fortis	$11.39B	1.93	$1.17B	$2.32	19.17

Does the media prefer BIPC or FTS?

In the previous week, Fortis had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fortis and 4 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Fortis' score of 0.92 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fortis	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BIPC or FTS a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. Fortis pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fortis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BIPC or FTS?

Fortis received 255 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 52.74% of users gave Fortis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 24 77.42%	Underperform Votes 7 22.58%
Fortis	Outperform Votes 279 52.74%	Underperform Votes 250 47.26%

Do analysts prefer BIPC or FTS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Fortis	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BIPC or FTS?

70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Fortis 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.

Is BIPC or FTS more profitable?

Fortis has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.04% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fortis	13.90%	7.04%	2.34%

Which has more volatility & risk, BIPC or FTS?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortis has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fortis beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.