Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for BIP Q1 Earnings

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE:BIP) (TSE:BIP.UN) – Equities research analysts at Raymond James lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst F. Bastien now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.81 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.85. Raymond James has a “Strong-Buy” rating and a $46.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ current full-year earnings is $3.09 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.

Several other brokerages have also recently commented on BIP. TD Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from $49.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com raised shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a research note on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $42.20.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Trading Down 2.4 %

Shares of BIP opened at $32.78 on Monday. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a twelve month low of $24.84 and a twelve month high of $36.50. The stock has a market cap of $15.21 billion, a PE ratio of -86.26 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $32.79 and its 200-day moving average price is $32.97.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) (TSE:BIP.UN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.58. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had a return on equity of 0.02% and a net margin of 0.03%.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Increases Dividend

The business 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 $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This is a positive change from Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.25%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’s payout ratio is 4,300.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 12.0% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 26,675,618 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $848,018,000 after acquiring an additional 2,866,195 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its position in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 24.6% during the third quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 4,003,231 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $140,273,000 after buying an additional 790,078 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI grew its stake in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 5.4% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 2,550,270 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $89,362,000 after buying an additional 130,371 shares during the last quarter. Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 101.0% in the third quarter. Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 1,587,548 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $55,783,000 after buying an additional 797,649 shares during the period. Finally, Lake Street Advisors Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC now owns 1,225,263 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $42,933,000 after acquiring an additional 20,610 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 57.92% of the company’s stock.

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.