Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer MPLX or BIP?

Mplx presently has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus target price of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.65%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Mplx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mplx	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Which has more risk and volatility, MPLX or BIP?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, MPLX or BIP?

Mplx has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Mplx	$10.90B	4.92	$4.32B	$4.21	12.46
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$21.04B	0.64	$351M	$0.04	724.50

Is MPLX or BIP 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
Mplx	36.18%	31.94%	11.42%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	1.64%	1.17%	0.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MPLX or BIP?

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

Is MPLX or BIP a better dividend stock?

Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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 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. 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.

Does the media prefer MPLX or BIP?

In the previous week, Mplx had 7 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Mplx and 7 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Mplx's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 1.04 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mplx	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MPLX or BIP?

24.3% of Mplx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mplx beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.