ASR vs NVGS vs BIPH Stock Comparison

Southeast Airport, Navigator Holdings and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ASR Southeast Airport Group
$252.03 +3.6% 1M -16.8% 1Y
Market cap
$7.48B
P/E
20.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.72K
Div. yield
–
Transportation Infrastructure Industrials
1 win
NVGS Navigator Holdings Ltd.
$21.69 -5.8% 1M +37.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.44B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$579.12M
Div. yield
–
Marine Shipping Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Navigator Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Navigator Holdings 7, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners 3, Southeast Airport 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionASRNVGSBIPHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.48B $1.44B $9.59B BIPH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.1x 10.0x -25.6x NVGS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.4x 9.4x 25.8x NVGS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -100.0% +9.6% +16.4% BIPH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1,252,383.6% 24.9% -1.5% ASR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 14.9% 6.6% NVGS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.3x 6.1x NVGS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.18% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.8% +37.9% -11.3% NVGS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.1%/yr +22.0%/yr -9.9%/yr NVGS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.7% 31.5% 13.9% BIPH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 37/100 75/100 46/100 NVGS

Percentile Scorecard

ASRNVGSBIPH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisASRNVGSBIPH
Valuation 15 #116 of 136 73 #38 of 136 64 #50 of 136
Growth 3 #118 of 122 84 #20 of 122 87 #17 of 122
Profitability 44 #66 of 116 85 #18 of 116 38 #72 of 116
Financial Health 48 #76 of 144 59 #59 of 144 13 #126 of 144
Shareholder Returns 77 #20 of 82 73 #23 of 82 31 #57 of 82
Overall 37 75 46
  • ASR ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • NVGS ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • BIPH ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodASRNVGSBIPHSPY
1 month +3.6%-5.8%-1.3% -0.8%
3 months -6.2%-0.1%-6.0% +3.5%
6 months -18.2%+2.0%-8.1% +7.0%
Year to date -22.1%+25.2%-6.5% +12.2%
1 year -16.8%+37.9%-11.3% +13.0%
3 years +20.6%+53.4%+2.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.4%+15.3%+1.0% +23.1%
5 years +28.4%+170.1%-40.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +5.1%+22.0%-9.9% +11.0%
10 years +56.6%+195.1%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +4.6%+11.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureASRNVGSBIPHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.7%31.5%13.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.2%34.2%15.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.390.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.611.20-0.81 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.6%-39.5%-43.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.9%-13.6%-12.5% -1.8%
52-week high $381.16$25.09$17.40 $779.14
52-week low $230.08$15.95$15.08 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleASRNVGSBIPH
P/E now vs peer median 20.3xmedian 16.1x 10.1xmedian 16.1x -25.7xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median 234,946xmedian 1.0x 2.4xmedian 1.0x 0.4xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 8.7x 4.6xmedian 8.7x 7.0xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -14.1xmedian 11.5x 11.5xmedian 11.5x -12.1xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 1.2x 0.3xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.81 0.25median 0.81 —median 0.81

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsASRNVGSBIPH
Revenue $29.72K $579.12M $25.06B
Gross profit – $389.30M $6.65B
Operating income $770.53M $300.01M $6.20B
Net income $6.98M $148.27M $2.39B
Free cash flow -$496.88M $122.80M -$792.00M
EPS (diluted) – $2.12 –
Cash & equivalents $666.29M $225.89M $3.09B
Total debt $3.35B $781.93M $67.76B
Shares (diluted) – 68.04M –
Enterprise value $3.86B $742.04M -$3.98B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricASRNVGSBIPH
P/E 20.3x 10.1x -25.7x
P/FCF -14.1x 11.5x -12.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 7.3x 1.5x
P/S 234,946x 2.4x 0.4x
P/B 2.5x 1.1x 0.3x
P/Tangible book -11.9x 1.1x 0.5x
EV/EBITDA – 4.6x 7.0x
EV/EBIT 9.9x 6.6x 11.9x
EV/Revenue 257,835x 3.4x 2.9x
EV/FCF -15.4x 16.1x -93.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 10.2x 11.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.25 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricASRNVGSBIPH
Revenue growth (1Y) -100.0% 9.6% 16.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -97.2% 8.7% 16.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 12.9% 16.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.1% 48.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.3% 24.4% 17.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.9% 32.0% 28.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -99.2% 58.9% 63.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -78.9% 35.6% 15.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 64.7% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 41.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.1% 30.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.0% 26.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -220.2% 136.0% 72.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -38.9% 64.4% 8.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricASRNVGSBIPH
Gross margin – 67.2% 26.5%
EBITDA margin – 74.6% 41.9%
Operating margin 2,592,677% 51.8% 24.8%
Pretax margin 23,486% 46.2% 11.8%
Net margin 1,252,384% 24.9% -1.5%
FCF margin -1,671,892% 21.2% -3.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 33.4% 25.1%
Return on equity 0.3% 22.8% 7.2%
Return on assets 0.1% 12.4% 1.9%
Return on invested capital – 14.9% 6.6%
Return on capital employed 20.1% 14.5% 5.6%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricASRNVGSBIPH
Debt / assets 27.1% 33.7% 55.6%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.6x 2.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.3x 6.1x
Debt / FCF -2.8x 6.4x -85.6x
Liabilities / assets 46.1% 45.2% 73.3%
Equity / assets 53.9% 54.8% 26.7%
Interest coverage 0.6x 11.2x 1.1x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.7x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.2x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.6x 1.0x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.72 1.83 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricASRNVGSBIPH
Dividend yield 5.5% 1.3% 0.0%
Net buyback yield – 6.8% –
Shareholder yield 5.5% 8.1% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 71.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -215.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 10.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 40.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusASRNVGSBIPH
Forward P/E 12.4xFY2026 9.4xFY2026 25.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.38FY2026 $2.30FY2026 $0.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 +94.9%FY2026 -34.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.0% -27.8% +88.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.30BFY2026 $566.07MFY2026 $17.63BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026 -23.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.3% -13.6% -44.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersASRNVGSBIPH
Held by institutions 10.8% 37.4% –
Institutions holding 151 174 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -6.3% +0.6% –
Institutions buying 75 107 –
Institutions selling 52 41 –
Buyers to sellers 1.44 2.61 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ASRNVGSBIPH
ASR 1.00 0.11 0.04
NVGS 0.11 1.00 0.05
BIPH 0.04 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ASR, NVGS and BIPH?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Southeast Airport (ASR) $7.48B, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) $1.44B, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) $9.59B.

Which stock is cheaper, ASR, NVGS and BIPH?

Navigator Holdings (NVGS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Southeast Airport (ASR) 20.1x, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) 10.0x, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) -25.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) is cheapest (Southeast Airport (ASR) 12.4x, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) 9.4x, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) 25.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Southeast Airport (ASR) -100.0%, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) +9.6%, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) +16.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Southeast Airport (ASR) has the highest net margin (Southeast Airport (ASR) 1,252,383.6%, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) 24.9%, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) -1.5%). On return on invested capital, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) leads (Navigator Holdings (NVGS) 14.9%, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Navigator Holdings (NVGS) returned the most: Southeast Airport (ASR) -16.8%, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) +37.9%, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) -11.3%. Over five years, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) compounded fastest (Southeast Airport (ASR) +5.1%/yr, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) +22.0%/yr, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) -9.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Southeast Airport (ASR) 0.00%, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) 0.00%, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) 0.18%. Southeast Airport (ASR) and Navigator Holdings (NVGS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) has been the steadiest (Southeast Airport (ASR) 27.7%, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) 31.5%, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPH) 13.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ASR, NVGS and BIPH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Navigator Holdings (NVGS) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.