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BIP Stock — Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP)
Updated November 6, 2026.
Verdict as of November 6, 2026 close
BIP's distribution is rated safe by the Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ (100/100, high confidence). It pays quarterly and its distribution rate is 4.61%. The latest total cash payment per current share, $0.455 with an ex-date of August 31, 2026, was unchanged from the previous payment.
Sources: Brookfield Infrastructure, Section 19a-1 notices, scoring methodology.
BIP is a stock. Its distribution rate is 4.61%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.55%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 100/100 (Safe). Total return is 1208.0% over the past 18.8 years, 577.8 points ahead of SPY at 630.2%.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. is a master limited partnership that owns and operates essential infrastructure assets across utilities, transport, midstream, and data transmission businesses globally, serving customers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The partnership distributes cash quarterly at a current rate that is moderately elevated, reflecting its capital-intensive but stable cash-generating business model. It may appeal to income investors seeking regular distributions from diversified infrastructure assets with long-term contracted revenues.
BIP dividend yield and income
Price as of 2026-11-06.
The distribution rate (4.61%) has no calculation basis on file. Trailing-12-month yield (4.55%) is the last year of cash distributions by ex-date divided by the current price. The dividend amount is $0.455. The ex-dividend date is 08/31/2026. The payment date is 09/29/2026.
| Ex-date | As paid | Per current share | Change from previous payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | $0.455 | $0.455 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-05-29 | $0.455 | $0.455 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-02-27 | $0.455 | $0.455 | 5.8% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-11-28 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-08-29 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-05-30 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-02-28 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 6.2% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-11-29 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-08-30 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-05-31 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-02-28 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 5.7% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-11-29 | $0.383 | $0.383 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-08-30 | $0.383 | $0.383 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-05-30 | $0.383 | $0.383 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-02-27 | $0.383 | $0.383 | 6.4% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-11-29 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-08-30 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-05-27 | $0.54 | $0.36 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-02-25 | $0.54 | $0.36 | 5.9% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-11-29 | $0.51 | $0.34 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-08-30 | $0.51 | $0.34 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-05-27 | $0.51 | $0.34 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-02-25 | $0.51 | $0.34 | 5.2% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-11-27 | $0.485 | $0.3233 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-08-28 | $0.485 | $0.3233 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-05-28 | $0.485 | $0.3233 | 1.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-02-27 | $0.538 | $0.3202 | 7.2% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-11-27 | $0.502 | $0.2988 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-08-29 | $0.502 | $0.2988 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-05-30 | $0.502 | $0.2988 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-02-27 | $0.502 | $0.2988 | 6.8% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-11-29 | $0.47 | $0.2798 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-08-30 | $0.47 | $0.2798 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-05-30 | $0.47 | $0.2798 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-02-27 | $0.47 | $0.2798 | 8.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-11-29 | $0.435 | $0.2589 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-08-29 | $0.435 | $0.2589 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-05-26 | $0.435 | $0.2589 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-02-24 | $0.435 | $0.2589 | 11.5% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-11-28 | $0.39 | $0.2321 | -0.8% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-08-29 | $0.59001 | $0.2341 | 3.5% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-05-26 | $0.57 | $0.2262 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-02-25 | $0.57 | $0.2262 | 7.5% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-11-25 | $0.53001 | $0.2103 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-08-27 | $0.53001 | $0.2103 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-05-27 | $0.53001 | $0.2103 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-02-25 | $0.53001 | $0.2103 | N/A |
| 2014-11-26 | $1.2096 | $0.48 | N/A |
| 2014-11-25 | $0.48001 | $0.1905 | N/A |
| 2014-08-27 | $0.48001 | $0.1905 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-05-28 | $0.48001 | $0.1905 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-02-26 | $0.48001 | $0.1905 | 11.6% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-11-26 | $0.43001 | $0.1706 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-08-28 | $0.43001 | $0.1706 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-05-29 | $0.43001 | $0.1706 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-02-26 | $0.43001 | $0.1706 | 14.7% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2012-11-28 | $0.375 | $0.1488 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2012-08-29 | $0.375 | $0.1488 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2012-05-29 | $0.375 | $0.1488 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2012-02-27 | $0.375 | $0.1488 | 7.1% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2011-11-28 | $0.35 | $0.1389 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2011-08-29 | $0.35 | $0.1389 | 12.9% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2011-05-26 | $0.31001 | $0.123 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2011-02-24 | $0.31001 | $0.123 | 12.7% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2010-11-26 | $0.27501 | $0.1091 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2010-08-27 | $0.27501 | $0.1091 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2010-05-26 | $0.27501 | $0.1091 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2010-02-24 | $0.27501 | $0.1091 | 3.8% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2009-11-25 | $0.265 | $0.1052 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2009-08-27 | $0.265 | $0.1052 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2009-05-27 | $0.265 | $0.1052 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2009-02-25 | $0.265 | $0.1052 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2008-11-25 | $0.265 | $0.1052 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2008-08-27 | $0.265 | $0.1052 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2008-05-28 | $0.265 | $0.1052 | 201.1% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2008-02-27 | $0.088 | $0.0349 | — |
| 2008 total | — | $0.3504 | — |
| 2009 total | — | $0.4206 | 20.0% |
| 2010 total | — | $0.4365 | 3.8% |
| 2011 total | — | $0.5238 | 20.0% |
| 2012 total | — | $0.5952 | 13.6% |
| 2013 total | — | $0.6826 | 14.7% |
| 2014 total | — | $1.2419 | 82.0% |
| 2015 total | — | $0.8413 | -32.3% |
| 2016 total | — | $0.9187 | 9.2% |
| 2017 total | — | $1.0357 | 12.7% |
| 2018 total | — | $1.119 | 8.0% |
| 2019 total | — | $1.1952 | 6.8% |
| 2020 total | — | $1.2902 | 7.9% |
| 2021 total | — | $1.36 | 5.4% |
| 2022 total | — | $1.44 | 5.9% |
| 2023 total | — | $1.532 | 6.4% |
| 2024 total | — | $1.62 | 5.7% |
| 2025 total | — | $1.72 | 6.2% |
| 2026 YTD total | — | $1.365 | 5.8% vs prior-year YTD |
BIP dividend growth
Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed +5.9%. The 1Y row below uses this same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison.
| Window | Change |
|---|---|
| 1Y | +5.9% |
| 3Y | 19.0% |
| 5Y | 33.6% |
| 10Y | 100.1% |
BIP performance versus SPY
Total return is 1208.0% over the past 18.8 years, 577.8 points ahead of SPY at 630.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 14.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 18.2%.
| Window | Total return | CAGR |
|---|---|---|
| 1M | 4.5% | — |
| 3M | -3.5% | — |
| 6M | 6.7% | — |
| YTD | 12.7% | — |
| 1Y | 14.5% | — |
| 2Y CAGR | — | 10.00% |
| 3Y CAGR | — | 17.70% |
| 5Y CAGR | — | 3.70% |
| 10Y CAGR | — | 12.00% |
| Since inception 2008-01-10 · 18.8 years | 1208.0% | 14.60% |
BIP key facts
- Distribution Safety Score™
- 100 · Safe
- Safety-Adjusted Yield
- 4.61%
- Issuer
- Brookfield Infrastructure
- Asset type
- Stock
- Asset class
- Equity
- Inception date
- 01/10/2008
- Distribution rate
- 4.61%
- Distribution frequency
- Quarterly
- Trailing yield
- 4.55%
- 5-year average yield
- 4.49
- Last close
- $39.45 (as of 2026-11-06)
- Market cap
- $18,056,836,907
- Average volume
- 2,601,378
- Dividend
- $0.455
- Ex-dividend date
- 08/31/2026
- Payment date
- 09/29/2026
- Beta
- 1.034
- Payout ratio
- 1.6%
- P/E ratio
- 63.63
- Forward P/E
- 71.94
- EPS
- $0.62
How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns
Distribution rate (4.61%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.55%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.
Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology
Sources and review
Primary sources: Brookfield Infrastructure; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.
Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.
BIP risks and drawbacks
Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 18.2%.
Who may consider BIP — and who may not
BIP may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BIP pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.
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Frequently asked questions
Does BIP pay monthly?
No. BIP currently pays quarterly, not monthly.
What is BIP's dividend yield?
BIP's distribution rate is 4.61%, paid quarterly — no calculation basis on file.
How has BIP's dividend grown?
Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed +5.9%. That is the same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison used in the dividend-history table.
When does BIP pay a dividend?
BIP pays quarterly. The dividend amount is $0.455. The ex-dividend date is 08/31/2026. The payment date is 09/29/2026.
How has BIP performed?
Total return is 1208.0% over the past 18.8 years, 577.8 points ahead of SPY at 630.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 14.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 18.2%.
Is BIP a good investment?
BIP's Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score is 100 (Safe). That is a risk signal, not investment advice. Its distribution rate is 4.61% (no calculation basis on file). Compare peers below rather than treating any single figure as a buy or sell.
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BIP's distribution is rated safe by the Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ (100/100, high confidence). It pays quarterly and its distribution rate is 4.61%. The latest total cash payment per current share, $0.455 with an ex-date of August 31, 2026, was unchanged from the previous payment.
Sources: Brookfield Infrastructure, Section 19a-1 notices, scoring methodology.
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