Raymond James Issues Pessimistic Forecast for BIP Earnings

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE:BIP) (TSE:BIP.UN) – Analysts at Raymond James reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a note issued to investors on Thursday, May 1st. Raymond James analyst F. Bastien now expects that the utilities provider will earn $0.80 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.82. 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’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.35 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.00 EPS.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) (TSE:BIP.UN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.01. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had a return on equity of 1.17% and a net margin of 1.64%. The company had revenue of $5.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.78 earnings per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on BIP. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 target price on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from $38.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Citigroup decreased their target price on Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from $34.00 to $31.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 1st. Finally, TD Securities raised their price objective on shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners from $50.00 to $53.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $41.67.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Stock Up 2.8 %

BIP stock opened at $30.95 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $29.15 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.90. The company has a market capitalization of $14.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 773.94 and a beta of 1.07. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a 52 week low of $25.72 and a 52 week high of $36.50. The company has a current ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72.

Institutional Trading of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Prevail Innovative Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners during the 1st quarter valued at $639,000. Apollon Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 103.4% in the 1st quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 24,397 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $727,000 after purchasing an additional 12,402 shares during the period. Callahan Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 8.7% in the first quarter. Callahan Advisors LLC now owns 23,026 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $686,000 after purchasing an additional 1,850 shares in the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 8.2% during the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 364,628 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $10,862,000 after purchasing an additional 27,566 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners by 18.2% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 89,377 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,663,000 after purchasing an additional 13,788 shares in the last quarter. 57.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 30th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.56%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’s payout ratio is presently -8,600.00%.

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.