Altagas Ltd (ALA.TO)

An Alberta utility with some gas pipelines and processing. Buying a Washington DC based utility in Virginia, 2000 miles apart. It is going to take them a year or more for them to sort through all the regulations. Looks like it is accretive. They’ve raised the $2.5 billion externally, and it all went through quite nicely. It doesn’t seem like a natural fit to him. This has a great yield of about 7%.

As the infrastructure company that it is, overall it is good. He would take this opportunity to pick up a little.

(Top Pick Dec 1/15, Up 9.95%) There was no growth and it was at 7% yield. You can double your money in 10 years. It is still 6.5% and they incrementally added little businesses. Today they announced $170 Million in expansion. This stock is still being penalized.

(A Top Pick Jan 22/16. Up 9.17%.) This has energy and infrastructure. Mid-streaming was their original business. Also, has power in Canada and the US as well as some regulated utilities. Very well-run. 6% dividend yield.

Technically, this has been in a trading range for almost 18 months. This tells you it doesn’t have the momentum you would like to see for a seasonal trade. On a chart like this, wait until there are signs that there is positive momentum and positive performance relative to the market.

It has a good yield of 6’ish percent. Valuations in these types of companies have been rather high as defensives, low interest sensitive, and low volatility did well. There were rumours they would buy WIG and the stock could be under pressure if the deal was consummated. For him it is too highly valued for the growth profile. You own it for the yield.

He is lukewarm on this as he has others that have better growth, however there is nothing wrong with this one. You own it for the dividend and you get a little bit of growth. It has a utility side to it as well as a power side. He is lukewarm because of a lack of strong growth. His favourite in the group right now, would be TransCanada (TRP-T). Dividend yield of 6.2%.

He is a large shareholder and continues to like it. It has been negatively impacted by the threat of rising rates. It has a tremendous power generation portfolio. A lot of their assets will deliver tremendous growth. They have 20 plus year power purchase agreements. You will continue to see income growth. The sell off is from commodity pries and represents 20% of their business so represents a buying opportunity. It has an attractive yield.

Energy infrastructure, and there is always a need for these types of companies. As oil and gas companies drill they need to process the natural gas and liquids. Prefers Pembina (PPL-T) and Inter Pipeline (IPL-T). As natural gas prices improve, there will be increasing demand for what they do. Dividend yield of 6.2%.

Thinks the dividend is sustainable. Operating in the oil/gas industry, clearly has some cyclical influences, but they are a service provider rather than a producer. With the gathering systems of pipelines and plants, a lot of the fees are fixed and well protected for the dividend. Growth will depend on what is happening in natural gas prices, and partly to the oil price. At this stage, we are clearly coming off the bottom, so he can see upside from here. Dividend yield of 6.37%.

3-year hold? He thinks you are fine with this. Primarily natural gas distribution. The only thing to be concerned with is that the debt load is quite high. They have about $2 billion worth of projects that they are waiting for the final investment decision on. His concern is that if they get those approved, the debt levels are already pretty high, and they are probably going to have to issue some equity to fund it. That will be dilutive to their per share growth over the next 3 years. A solid company and he thinks you are safe here. Dividend yield of 6.5%.

He likes the name. The dividend is high, but he feels it is safe. A lot of their contracts are inflation protected. 6.5% is a good return.

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He believes in this firm. Now that Trump is in power, here come the pipelines. TransCanada (TRP-T) is probably going to get Keystone. He is expecting a little jump in all the pipelines now.

(A Top Pick Nov 10/15. Up 2.81%.) This has been kind of flat over the past year, and should be doing better.