BIP vs. CSX, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, PAA, PAC, MMYT, ZTO, ASR, and NCLH
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners include CSX (CSX), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners vs. Its Competitors
CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
CSX has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.6% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, CSX had 27 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for CSX and 7 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat CSX's score of 0.62 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CSX currently has a consensus price target of $33.95, suggesting a potential upside of 5.01%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of $41.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.23%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than CSX.
CSX has a net margin of 23.95% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.64%. CSX's return on equity of 28.15% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. CSX pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -8,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CSX has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CSX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners received 7 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.43% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 63.01% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.
Summary
CSX beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BIP) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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