Reviewing Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) & EDP – Energias de Portugal (OTCMKTS:ELCPF)

EDP – Energias de Portugal (OTCMKTS:ELCPF) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for EDP – Energias de Portugal and Brookfield Infrastructure, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EDP – Energias de Portugal	0	1	1	0	2.50
Brookfield Infrastructure	2	0	0	0	1.00

Brookfield Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.28%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure is more favorable than EDP – Energias de Portugal.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares EDP – Energias de Portugal and Brookfield Infrastructure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EDP – Energias de Portugal	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.28	18.32
Brookfield Infrastructure	$3.70 billion	1.34	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

EDP – Energias de Portugal pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. EDP – Energias de Portugal pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Brookfield Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.6% of EDP – Energias de Portugal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares EDP – Energias de Portugal and Brookfield Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EDP – Energias de Portugal	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Brookfield Infrastructure beats EDP – Energias de Portugal on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About EDP – Energias de Portugal

EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity in Portugal, Spain, France, Poland, Romania, Italy, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Greece, Colombia, Brazil, North America, and internationally. It operates through Renewables, Networks, and Client Solutions & Energy Management segments. The company primarily generates and sells electricity through hydro, CCGT, coal, wind, solar, nuclear, and cogeneration and waste sources. It has an installed capacity of 28 GW; and operates 380,788 kilometers of distribution network lines. The company is also involved in the supply of natural gas. In addition, it offers engineering, laboratory tests, professional training, and energy services, as well as property management services. The company's electricity and gas customers include domestic, industrial, commercial, agricultural, and others. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

About Brookfield Infrastructure

Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates regulated natural gas transmission systems in Brazil. The company also engages in the regulated gas and electricity distribution operations in the United Kingdom; and electricity transmission and distribution, as well as gas distribution in Australia. It operates approximately 2,000 kilometers of natural gas transportation pipelines in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais; 4.3 million gas and electricity connections; and a global fleet of approximately 7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) intermodal containers under long-term contracts. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.