Brookfield Renewable (BEPC) Competitors

Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) and Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, BEPC or BIPC?

Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BEPC or BIPC a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -96.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out -32.0% 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 Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BEPC or BIPC?

78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BEPC or BIPC more profitable?

Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of -16.64% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -18.82%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable	-16.64%	-9.33%	2.20%
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BEPC or BIPC?

Brookfield Renewable has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure, 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 Renewable	C$866.38M	4.92	-C$144.17M	-C$1.98	-20.95
Brookfield Infrastructure	C$2.13B	2.16	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-8.08

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BEPC or BIPC?

Brookfield Renewable and Brookfield Infrastructure both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Renewable	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer BEPC or BIPC?

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable	Very Positive
Brookfield Infrastructure	Neutral

Summary

Brookfield Renewable beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.