Opinions
Lyle Stein
Altagas Ltd
ALA-T
COMMENT
May 09, 2017
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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We're all trying to figure out which stocks tariffs will either impact or leave unscathed. There's a thirst for natural gas, and we need to get it offshore as part of the bridge to totally clean energy. Q3 beat. Midstream continues very robust, pricing tailwinds. Trades ~15x for 8% growth. Nice dividend.
Lower-hanging fruit is gone, but it still works from here so you can buy it. GEI is a better choice now.
Shares have nearly tripled from their bottom a few years ago. Their cross-border exposure benefit further from the strong USD and is often reflected in their strong Q3s and Q4s. He expects outperformance on currency alone as they advance their midstream projects on the west coast.
(Analysts’ price target is $38.78)Excellent opportunity for rising gas prices. Believes demand for transition fuel will continue to rise. A.I. demands for power generation will increase natural gas demand. A.I. data centers requiring more power than can be provided. Excellent dividend yield with new projects on the West Cost. Good for long term investors.
A place to hide, even if tariffs go on. Great growth in utilities and mid-stream. Increased dividend. Outlook for nat gas is very strong. Earnings come out around March 7. Growing about 11%, trades at 12x. A 10% tariff would impact sentiment across the board, but not its business as much. Yield is 3.6%.
(Analysts’ price target is $38.44)Problem with the chart is that it's arcing up, making a sharp angle up. Sharp angles up almost always correct, by a little bit or a lot. The trend's been in place long enough that it will probably correct just to the trendline, around $35 or so. As long as it didn't crack $35, he'd continue to own.
Place to hide that's somewhat immune from tariffs. High growth in both utilities and midstream. Q4 announced the next wave of growth projects to the end of the decade. Increased propane sales, expansion of the North. Decent yield of 3.2%, grows 5% a year.
Stock's had a move, but still a discounted valuation at under 14x.
Half utility, half gas processing. Both segments doing well. Utility side rate base is growing 8%, which is higher than others. Working on large propane export projects off the West Coast. A lot of gas producers are looking for capacity outside the US; Asian markets, for example, have higher pricing. Yield is 3.16%.
(Analysts’ price target is $39.50)You always have to be putting new $$ to work. If you're at your asset allocation on equities, you don't need to add.
But if building a portfolio, this name is pretty defensive with good upside. Actually benefits from tariff noise as producers look to diversify export markets. Gaining new contracts. Utility business doing really well on data centres. Great combination of offshore gas and onshore data centres.
At 16x, trades cheaper than peers; growing around 10%. 3.1% dividend yield, which is growing nicely.
This has been quite active in acquisitions. They bought Washington Gas & Light company in the DC area, as a big foray into the US. They feel it provides them with some unique diversification, as well as a kind of rollup capacity in the market. It is going to be a “show me” story, and is going to take a long time. In the meantime, they’ve suffered with the oil/gas patch in general. It’s quite exposed to gas in its midstream operations. He believes the 6% dividend is safe. It probably won’t be growing as quickly as it has, because they have to absorb the WGL assets. They successfully raised capital. Thinks they are in OK shape, but doesn’t feel this is the best place to be in that space right now. Prefers others.