BIPC vs. SPB, VNR, ACI, CFY, H, BIP.UN, EMA, BEP.UN, BEPC, and CU
Should you be buying Brookfield Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Infrastructure include Superior Plus (SPB), Valener (VNR), TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO) (ACI), CF Energy (CFY), Hydro One (H), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Canadian Utilities (CU). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Superior Plus (TSE:SPB) and Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Brookfield Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus.
Superior Plus has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Superior Plus currently has a consensus price target of C$12.69, suggesting a potential upside of 34.97%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
30.9% of Superior Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Superior Plus received 425 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 15.13% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.57%. Superior Plus' return on equity of 88.01% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.
In the previous week, Superior Plus had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Superior Plus and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of 2.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Superior Plus beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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