Schneider National (SNDR) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BIP or SNDR?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Schneider National. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, 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	$21.24B	0.71	$351M	-$0.02	-1,614.00
Schneider National	$5.37B	0.77	$117M	$0.70	33.55

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BIP or SNDR?

57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of Schneider National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BIP or SNDR a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -8,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 54.3% 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. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Schneider National has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BIP or SNDR?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners received 143 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.43% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 63.40% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	Outperform Votes 576 64.43%	Underperform Votes 318 35.57%
Schneider National	Outperform Votes 433 63.40%	Underperform Votes 250 36.60%

Is BIP or SNDR more profitable?

Schneider National has a net margin of 2.21% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 1.64%. Schneider National's return on equity of 4.12% 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%
Schneider National	2.21%	4.12%	2.67%

Do analysts rate BIP or SNDR?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners currently has a consensus price target of $41.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.08%. Schneider National has a consensus price target of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Schneider National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
Schneider National	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Does the media favor BIP or SNDR?

In the previous week, Schneider National had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Schneider National and 10 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Schneider National's score of 0.63 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Schneider National	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BIP or SNDR?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats Schneider National on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.