Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) Lowered to “Sell” Rating by Wall Street Zen

Posted by Geri Gentry on Jul 26th, 2026

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP – Free Report) (TSE:BIP.UN) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report released on Saturday.

Several other research analysts have also recently commented on BIP. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. National Bank Financial boosted their price target on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from $38.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $48.00 price target on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $45.00 price objective (up from $44.00) on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $44.88.

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Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Trading Down 0.2%

NYSE BIP opened at $40.96 on Friday. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a 52 week low of $29.63 and a 52 week high of $41.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a current ratio of 0.68. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $38.26 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $37.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.06 and a beta of 1.06.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP – Get Free Report) (TSE:BIP.UN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.62. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had a net margin of 3.46% and a return on equity of 2.54%. The company had revenue of $6.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.13 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.82 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners will post 3.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th were paid a $0.455 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.82 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.4%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 275.76%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO David Tyler Krant bought 1,150 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $48.10 per share, for a total transaction of $55,315.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief financial officer owned 2,150 shares in the company, valued at approximately $103,415. This represents a 115.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of BIP. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 225.0% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 975 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 675 shares during the last quarter. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the second quarter worth about $37,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the fourth quarter worth about $42,000. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 544.1% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,256 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 1,061 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 57.92% of the company’s stock.

About Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

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Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP) is a publicly traded limited partnership that owns and operates a diversified portfolio of infrastructure assets across four core sectors: utilities, transport, energy and data infrastructure. Through long-lived, regulated or contracted assets, Brookfield Infrastructure provides essential services such as electricity transmission and distribution, toll road and port operations, midstream energy logistics and fiber-based data networks.

The company’s utilities division encompasses regulated electricity and gas distribution networks in North and South America, Europe and Australia, ensuring stable cash flows under current regulatory frameworks.