Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) and Emera (TSE:EMA) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BIPC or EMA?

72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Emera shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Emera shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BIPC or EMA?

In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure and Brookfield Infrastructure both had 2 articles in the media. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Emera's score of 0.22 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Emera	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, BIPC or EMA?

Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emera has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BIPC or EMA?

Emera has a consensus target price of C$59.82, suggesting a potential downside of 2.13%. Given Emera's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Emera is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Emera	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BIPC or EMA?

Emera received 594 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A
Emera	Outperform Votes 594 58.01%	Underperform Votes 430 41.99%

Is BIPC or EMA more profitable?

Emera has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of -18.82%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat Emera's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure	-18.82%	196.70%	7.43%
Emera	10.51%	6.06%	2.30%

Is BIPC or EMA a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Emera pays an annual dividend of C$2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out -32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emera pays out 112.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BIPC or EMA?

Emera has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emera, 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	C$2.13B	2.24	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-8.36
Emera	C$7.21B	2.49	C$757.30M	C$2.58	23.69

Summary

Emera beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.