Brookfield (BN) Competitors

Brookfield Property Partners (TSE:BPY.UN) and Brookfield (TSE:BN) are both large-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

Is BPY.UN or BN more profitable?

Brookfield has a net margin of 0.99% compared to Brookfield Property Partners' net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield's return on equity of 1.99% beat Brookfield Property Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Property Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield	0.99%	1.99%	2.31%

Does the media prefer BPY.UN or BN?

In the previous week, Brookfield had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Property Partners. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brookfield and 0 mentions for Brookfield Property Partners. Brookfield Property Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Brookfield's score of -0.08 indicating that Brookfield Property Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Property Partners	Neutral
Brookfield	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BPY.UN or BN?

64.2% of Brookfield shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Brookfield 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BPY.UN or BN?

Brookfield has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Property Partners. Brookfield Property Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, 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 Property Partners	C$6.71B	0.00	-C$1.93B	-C$2.07	N/A
Brookfield	C$63.79B	1.52	C$630.07M	C$0.84	108.35

Do analysts recommend BPY.UN or BN?

Brookfield has a consensus price target of C$81.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.15%. Given Brookfield Property Partners' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Property Partners is more favorable than Brookfield.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Property Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Brookfield	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is BPY.UN or BN a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Property Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.33 per share. Brookfield pays an annual dividend of C$0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Brookfield Property Partners pays out -64.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield pays out 51.1% 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.

Summary

Brookfield beats Brookfield Property Partners on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.