Brookfield Corporation (NYSE:BN ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 13, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Angela Yulo - Vice President of Investor Relations Bruce Flatt - Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Goodman - President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Kenneth Worthington - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Michael Cyprys - Morgan Stanley Robert Kwan - RBC Capital Markets Cherilyn Radbourne - TD Cowen Mario Saric - Scotiabank Sohrab Movahedi - BMO Capital Markets Operator Hello, and welcome to the Brookfield Corporation Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call and Webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
Brookfield Corporation (BN -0.15%) has been a wealth-creating machine. The leading global investment firm has delivered an 18% compound annualized return over the past three decades, absolutely crushing the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.27%) (11% annualized return).
BEP's fourth-quarter earnings decrease year over year, while revenues increase.
On Monday, Brookfield got caught up in the selling of Canadian equities as the world awaited a deal between the US and Canada on border security. Even before the deal was reached, the selling was unjustified. As a company that owns US assets directly, BN isn't at risk from tariffs. Its renewables subsidiary exports power to the US, but that's just one subsidiary.
Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP) offers a diversified portfolio of renewable energy investments, with a focus on hydro projects but also wind, solar and nuclear. Investing in BEP over BEPC is looking more appealing at this time due to a significant valuation difference, resulting in a higher yield despite the K-1 filing. BEP's diversified global operations and investment-grade rating make it an appealing choice as a high-yield play that is also delivering distribution growth.
Brookfield Renewable (BEP 2.91%) (BEPC 2.73%) is a unique clean energy investment. There are multiple reasons for this, but one of the most important often gets overlooked by investors.
Backlog data and commentary suggests that there is further scope for the scale of data investments to increase. A stable backlog but a deep pipeline of deals leads to growth potential of the investment book and AFFOs in the broader portfolio in FY25. A decline in railcars traffic may spell a subdued outlook for the Transport business.
After Q4, 2024 report, Brookfield Renewable Partners has become my favorite pick that is outside the BDC, REIT, and MLP segments. The recent report clearly proves that the market has just got this wrong. BEP trades now at P/FFO of 11.8x, while having a predictable FFO growth trajectory at around 10% per year.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP 4.37%) (BIPC 3.90%) has its hands in several global sectors. After reporting strong year-end results today, Brookfield Infrastructure jumped as much as 5%.
Brookfield Corporation (BN -1.52%) has quietly posted exceptional returns over the past few decades. The global investment firm has absolutely pulverized the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.61%) over the last 30 years, delivering an 18% annualized return compared to 11% for the broader market index.
Billionaire Bill Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, is one of the most respected investors working today.
Brookfield Renewable 4.625% notes (BEPH) have sold off since October and now trade for 63 cents on the dollar. The notes offer a 7.3% yield on cost and were rated investment grade when they started trading in 2021. BEP saw year-over-year FFO per unit growth of 11% during its fiscal 2024 third quarter with 7 GW of operating capacity set to be added through 2024.