How Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP Makes Most of Its Money

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP) owns assets that are critical to support the flow of energy, water, goods, people, and data. It does this by operating toll roads, power lines, pipelines, railways, ports, and communications towers -- getting paid a fee as customers use capacity on these assets. That fee-based structure generates stable cash flow for the company, the bulk of which it distributes to investors each quarter.

That said, while the company owns 35 businesses across four different infrastructure groups, its biggest moneymaker is its utilities segment, which currently generates 47% of its funds from operations (FFO). Here's a closer look at this segment and how it makes money, as well as a glimpse of what's up ahead for the company's profit center.

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