Pointer Telocation (NASDAQ: PNTR) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Pointer Telocation and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pointer Telocation | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.89 |
Pointer Telocation presently has a consensus target price of $16.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.44%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus target price of $45.81, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given Pointer Telocation’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pointer Telocation is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
Dividends
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pointer Telocation does not pay a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 370.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pointer Telocation has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
Profitability
This table compares Pointer Telocation and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pointer Telocation | 5.34% | 15.39% | 8.88% |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners | 9.36% | 2.70% | 1.12% |
Risk & Volatility
Pointer Telocation has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Pointer Telocation and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pointer Telocation | $68.56 million | 1.55 | $11.12 million | $0.43 | 31.28 |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners | $2.79 billion | 4.12 | $1.21 billion | $0.47 | 94.17 |
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Pointer Telocation. Pointer Telocation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
7.2% of Pointer Telocation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pointer Telocation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats Pointer Telocation on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pointer Telocation
Pointer Telocation Ltd. is a provider of mobile resource management (MRM) products and services for the automotive, insurance industries and other mobile tracking markets, such as cargo, assets, shipping and containers. The Company offers roadside assistance (RSA) services, automobile repair and towing services, stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) and other services. The Company operates through three segments: Cellocator, MRM and RSA. The Cellocator segment designs, develops and produces MRM products that include asset tracking, fleet management and security products. Through the MRM segment, the Company acts as an operator in Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and South Africa by bundling its products together with a range of MRM services, including fleet management, asset tracking services and SVR services. Through the RSA segment, the Company provides RSA services, emergency repair services for sale to automotive and insurance companies and car sharing services.
About Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. owns and operates utilities, transport, energy and communications infrastructure businesses in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The Company’s segments include utilities, transport, energy, communications infrastructure and other. The utilities segment consists of regulated businesses, including regulated distribution (electricity and natural gas connections), electricity transmission and a regulated terminal (coal export terminal). The transport segment consists of open access systems that provide transportation, storage and handling services for freight, bulk commodities and passengers. The Company’s energy segment consists of systems that provide transportation, storage and distribution services. The Company’s communications infrastructure segment provides services and infrastructure to the media broadcasting and telecommunication sectors.
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