Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BIP or MPLX?

Mplx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Mplx 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$21.04B	0.66	$351M	$0.04	748.63
Mplx	$10.90B	4.81	$4.32B	$4.21	12.19

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BIP or MPLX?

Mplx received 47 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.36% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	Outperform Votes 576 64.50%	Underperform Votes 317 35.50%
Mplx	Outperform Votes 623 72.36%	Underperform Votes 238 27.64%

Is BIP or MPLX a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 4,300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx pays out 90.7% 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 Partners has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BIP or MPLX more profitable?

Mplx has a net margin of 36.18% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.64%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.94% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	1.64%	1.17%	0.33%
Mplx	36.18%	31.94%	11.42%

Which has more volatility and risk, BIP or MPLX?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BIP or MPLX?

57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor BIP or MPLX?

In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners both had 12 articles in the media. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Mplx's score of 0.87 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mplx	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BIP or MPLX?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners presently has a consensus target price of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.93%. Mplx has a consensus target price of $54.78, suggesting a potential upside of 6.71%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Mplx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
Mplx	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Mplx beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.