Brookfield Renewable PartnersBEP.UN.TOBUYFeb 24, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Sep 16, 2026. Market Open.
It is an infrastructure play and a defensive stock like all of his top picks. Its price has come off with relatively little news in the past year. It is still progressing in its deals with Microsoft and Google on power supply. Also great things are happening at Westinghouse which they own a piece of. They are re-organizing and simplifying their structure which should result in some index demand. Pays a 5.2% dividend with no big downside.
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Longer-term chart shows it in a trading range, falling by half over the last 5 years. Recent chart shows it doing reasonably well. Has done better than a lot of other renewable-based companies. If you like renewables and believe they are the future, this name would probably be a better play than most.
It's time will come, though that may take 1-2 years to get going. Second half of this decade will likely be better than the first half; it could scarcely be worse. There is demand.
There's a lot of demand for all energy. Renewable energy plays a role in that as well, so he's more positively predisposed to the space now. Data centres have been one of the big catalysts for electricity generation.
Likes this name a lot. An income vehicle, so growth is more sluggish. Less apt to react to headline news. Well run business, global platform. Generates massive cashflow, which is allocated very well. Trades a bit north of 12x cashflow. He'd keep adding on dips.
With the stock up more than 30% this year, it is hard for us to blame the company for doing a capital raise. It has big growth plans still. The $650M deal is relatively small against the market cap of almost $20B. It has been making investments in the grid, wind and solar. BN is subscribing for $200M so the parent company is in full support here. We would be fine buying the stock at current levels.
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BN to hold the entire Brookfield family, and BM is at a discount than it has been for a while. BEP trades at a premium among renewables, which have been under pressure from Trump cancelling wind and other green projects. Also, Northland Power is far better than BEP, given NPI's better valuation and growth potential.
He likes this. His focus is on dividend and growth, so the dividend yield is fine. It has been growing fairly nicely. Dividend yield of 6.2%.