Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, TA or BIPC?

TransAlta has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TA or BIPC?

70.8% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of TransAlta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TA or BIPC?

TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, 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
TransAlta	C$2.83B	1.81	C$212.05M	C$0.70	24.29
Brookfield Infrastructure	C$2.13B	2.10	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-7.86

Do analysts rate TA or BIPC?

TransAlta presently has a consensus target price of C$19.22, indicating a potential upside of 12.81%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransAlta	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is TA or BIPC more profitable?

TransAlta has a net margin of 7.49% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -18.82%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat TransAlta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransAlta	7.49%	12.03%	7.07%
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%

Does the media refer more to TA or BIPC?

In the previous week, TransAlta had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TransAlta and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TransAlta	Neutral
Brookfield Infrastructure	Neutral

Is TA or BIPC a better dividend stock?

TransAlta pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. TransAlta pays out 34.2% 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 Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

TransAlta beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.