Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for BIP Q1 Earnings

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE:BIP) (TSE:BIP.UN) – Equities research analysts at Raymond James cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a research note issued on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst F. Bastien now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $0.81 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.85. Raymond James has a “Strong-Buy” rating and a $46.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ current full-year earnings is $3.45 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) (TSE:BIP.UN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.58. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had a return on equity of 1.17% and a net margin of 1.64%.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the company. StockNews.com upgraded Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. TD Securities lifted their price objective on Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from $50.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 target price on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a research report on Friday, January 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $42.80.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Trading Up 2.1 %

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners stock opened at $32.70 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 0.08. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $32.68 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.18 billion, a PE ratio of 817.75 and a beta of 1.08. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a 52 week low of $24.84 and a 52 week high of $36.50.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 12.0% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 26,675,618 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $848,018,000 after purchasing an additional 2,866,195 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the third quarter valued at approximately $410,650,000. Intact Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the third quarter valued at approximately $40,286,000. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 1,616.3% during the third quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 1,079,521 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $37,826,000 after purchasing an additional 1,016,623 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. boosted its holdings in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 101.0% during the third quarter. Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 1,587,548 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after purchasing an additional 797,649 shares in the last quarter. 57.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This is an increase from Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.26%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4,051.01%.

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.