Reviewing Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) & AusNet Services (OTCMKTS:SAUNF)

AusNet Services (OTCMKTS:SAUNF) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AusNet Services 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
AusNet Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$23.10 billion	0.79	$771.00 million	$0.62	63.68

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has higher revenue and earnings than AusNet Services.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for AusNet Services and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AusNet Services	0	0	0	0	0.00
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	0	3	8	0	2.73

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.83%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than AusNet Services.

Profitability

This table compares AusNet Services and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AusNet Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	3.51%	2.63%	0.71%

Summary

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats AusNet Services on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AusNet Services

AusNet Services Ltd. engages in the production and distribution of electricity and gas. It operates through the following segments: Electricity Distribution, Gas Distribution, Electricity Transmission, and Growth and Future Networks. The Electricity Distribution segment carries electricity from the high voltage transmission network to end users. The Gas Distribution segment handles the natural gas to commercial and residential end users. The Electricity Transmission segment owns and manages the vast majority of the electricity transmission network in Victoria. The Growth and Future Networks segment provides contracted infrastructure asset and energy services, as well as a range of asset and utility services to support the management of electricity, gas, and water networks. The company was founded in June 2005 and is headquartered in Southbank, Australia.

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.