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.
Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) and Superior Plus (TSE:SPB) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Brookfield Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 15.13% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of 0.57%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 88.01% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.
Superior Plus received 425 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Superior Plus had 4 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Superior Plus and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Superior Plus' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Superior Plus has a consensus target price of C$12.69, indicating a potential upside of 34.97%. Given Superior Plus' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
73.2% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Superior Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Superior Plus has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of 2.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. 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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