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Brookfield should make a lot of money from three long-term trends happening at once: more digital infrastructure, cleaner energy and countries pulling supply chains closer to home. Management sees decades of building projects such as power plants, data centers and transmission lines, with power for AI data centers the biggest and fastest-growing piece. x.comÂ
Brookfield Corporation looks asymmetric because management is closing its conglomerate discount while buying back stock far below its own intrinsic value. It plans to combine with insurance affiliate BNT and switch to US GAAP from Q1 2027 to broaden US institutional ownership; shareholders vote July 16. It repurchased $470 million of stock at an average $41 against its stated $66 intrinsic value, and $11.8 billion of unrealized carry should convert into earnings over three years. x.comÂ
Brookfield stands to benefit from sustained demand for clean energy, AI data centers needing power it can build and finance, and companies turning to private credit as banks lend less. Its Oaktree holding provides exposure to that lending demand. Bill Ackman calls Brookfield an AI winner; despite the uncertainty, Brookfield remains highly attractive. x.comÂ
Brookfield has one of the most underrated AI angles. It committed $100 billion to build a new AI cloud business and already has the permits, power and land in place. It trades at 16x distributable earnings while guiding for 20% annual growth through 2030. Its CEO calls AI the utility of the future, embedded in daily life without people noticing. x.comÂ
Brookfield can triple and still be a bad investment because its valuation is too high. Even compounding at the 24% annual rate @InvestInAssets cites, it trades at a P/E of 90 against a recent historic range of 7 to 15, and its EPS has swung up and down rather than climbing steadily over 14 years, which does not justify a stable high multiple. x.comÂ
Brookfield may be one of the safest undervalued stocks around, with a realistic path to triple over the next five years if execution stays strong. Its mix of infrastructure, power, asset management and long-duration capital makes it a boring business with huge upside rather than a lottery ticket. x.comÂ
The Brookfield ecosystem looks increasingly attractive long term, pairing Brookfield Asset Management's asset-light fee machine with Brookfield Renewable's exposure to the enormous power and infrastructure buildout. Westinghouse adds another potentially powerful growth engine tied to the nuclear renaissance. Brookfield has consistently allocated capital well across cycles, and its scale and access to capital create a formidable moat. x.comÂ
Brookfield Corporation's accounts look like pure book cooking. It pays premium prices for acquisitions and then sets its own valuations on the assets once it owns them, so results that seem fine on the surface do not hold up on closer inspection. x.comÂ
Brookfield Corporation is a top pick for a 15-year portfolio on business quality alone, setting valuation aside. As the king of real assets, it owns dams, power grids and premium real estate around the world, so owning it is like owning a piece of the world's vital infrastructure. x.com x.comÂ
Dycom looks compelling because its infrastructure backlog and operating execution position it to benefit from AI's demand for power, fiber, and data centers. Its backlog has grown to $12.2 billion from $8 billion a year ago, Building Systems EBITDA margins exceed 20%, and Power Solutions is running 30% ahead of acquisition expectations. The long-term growth opportunity may be underappreciated as the market focuses on near-term margin pressure. x.comÂ
Contracted AI compute demand makes four AI infrastructure stocks worth buying at 52-week lows. Applied Digital has a $36B backlog and expects 600+ MW online within 12 months; Cipher Mining has $8.5B+ in AI leases with payments ramping; CleanSpark has a 20-year $6.6B lease and 1.8+ GW power portfolio; CoreWeave has a $104B backlog and raised its year-end ARR target to $18.5-19.5B. x.com x.comÂ
Bloom Energy is a generational AI-buildout stock to hold as it keeps climbing. @ripster47 reports that Brookfield and Bloom Energy expanded their AI infrastructure partnership fivefold to $25B, to build and finance rapid power for AI infrastructure. x.comÂ
