Raymond James Issues Pessimistic Forecast for BIP Earnings

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE:BIP) (TSE:BIP.UN) – Research analysts at Raymond James decreased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a research note issued on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst F. Bastien now expects 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 currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating and a $46.00 target price 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 research firms also recently issued reports on BIP. StockNews.com raised shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a report on Friday. Finally, TD Securities upped their price target on Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from $49.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $42.20.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Stock Down 2.4 %

Shares of NYSE:BIP opened at $32.78 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $15.21 billion, a P/E ratio of -86.26 and a beta of 1.07. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a 52-week low of $24.84 and a 52-week high of $36.50. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $32.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $32.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 0.77.

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

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be issued 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 dividend yield of 5.25%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4,300.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the 3rd quarter worth $26,000. Dunhill Financial LLC purchased a new position in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in the third quarter valued at about $30,000. Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Finally, Truvestments Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $77,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 57.92% of the company’s stock.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Company Profile

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.