BIP vs. UDR, GLPI, ELS, WPC, EQH, LAMR, RNR, CNA, BCH, and KIM
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners include UDR (UDR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), W. P. Carey (WPC), Equitable (EQH), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), RenaissanceRe (RNR), CNA Financial (CNA), Banco de Chile (BCH), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
UDR has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. UDR 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.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 1,157.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR pays out 126.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had 5 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and 7 mentions for UDR. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat UDR's score of 0.22 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners presently has a consensus price target of $38.60, indicating a potential upside of 39.00%. UDR has a consensus price target of $41.71, indicating a potential upside of 12.69%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than UDR.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners received 123 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UDR has a net margin of 27.30% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.34%. UDR's return on equity of 11.26% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats UDR on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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