Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BIPC or EMA?

Emera has a consensus target price of C$60.58, suggesting a potential downside of 2.88%. Given Emera's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Does the media refer more to BIPC or EMA?

In the previous week, Emera had 11 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Emera and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Emera's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Emera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Emera	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 4.6%. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BIPC or EMA?

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

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%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	2.23	-C$400.51M	-C$6.81	-8.32
Emera	C$7.21B	2.54	C$757.30M	C$2.58	24.18

Summary

Emera beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.