Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN – Get Free Report) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Algonquin Power & Utilities and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Algonquin Power & Utilities | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2.73 |
Algonquin Power & Utilities presently has a consensus price target of $6.72, suggesting a potential upside of 18.19%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.90%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Algonquin Power & Utilities.
Dividends
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Algonquin Power & Utilities and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Algonquin Power & Utilities | $2.43 billion | 1.80 | $180.80 million | $0.19 | 29.95 |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners | $23.10 billion | 0.74 | $771.00 million | $0.62 | 59.98 |
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Algonquin Power & Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Algonquin Power & Utilities and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Algonquin Power & Utilities | 5.77% | 5.16% | 1.79% |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners | 3.51% | 2.63% | 0.71% |
Volatility and Risk
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Algonquin Power & Utilities
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is an investment holding company, which engages in energy generation and water distribution facilities. It operates through the Regulated Services Group and Renewable Energy Group segments. The Regulated Services Group segment owns and operates a portfolio of electric, natural gas, water distribution, and wastewater collection utility systems and transmission. The Renewable Energy Group segment focuses on operating a diversified portfolio of renewable and thermal electric generation assets. The company was founded on August 1, 1988 and is headquartered in Oakville, Canada.
About Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. owns and operates utilities, transport, midstream, and data businesses in North and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company's Utilities segment operates approximately 2,900 km of electricity transmission lines; 4,200 km of natural gas pipelines; 8.1 million electricity and natural gas connections; and 0.6 million long-term contracted sub-metering services. This segment also offers heating, cooling, and energy solutions; gas distribution; water heaters; and heating, ventilation, and air conditioner rental, as well as other home services. Its Transport segment offers transportation, storage, and handling services for merchandise goods, commodities, and passengers through a network of approximately 22,000 km of track; 5,500 km of track network; 9,800 km of rail; and 3,300 km of motorways. The company's Midstream segment offers natural gas transmission, gathering and processing, and storage services through approximately 15,000 km of natural gas transmission pipelines; 570 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage; 17 natural gas processing plants; and 10,600 km of gas gathering pipelines, as well as 525,000 tonnes polypropylene production capacity. Its Data segment operates approximately 228,000 operational telecom towers; approximately 54,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables; approximately 1 million fiber-to-the-premise connections; two semiconductor manufacturing facilities; and 70 distributed antenna systems, as well as 135 data centers and 750 megawatts of critical load capacity and an additional approximate 670 megawatts of contracted capacity. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield Corporation.
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