BIP vs. BEP, BEPC, BN, CNI, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, LTM, PAC, and PAA
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Brookfield (BN), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC), and Plains All American Pipeline (PAA).
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners vs. Its Competitors
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners currently has a consensus price target of $40.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.30%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a net margin of 2.28% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.54%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity of 1.15% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 3,440.0% 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 Renewable Partners pays out -156.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Brookfield Renewable Partners has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners 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.
In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and 3 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.46 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BIP) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
