Stockchase Insights Brookfield Renewable Partners BEP.UN-T HOLD Aug 05, 2024

Not easy in the space to find a company that will benefit long term from green trends. This is probably the best way to play. Owns tremendous assets. He owns the parent BN.

Hard to find a company with the same inventory of renewable energy projects. Global, one of the picks to get exposure outside Canada. Dividend looks safe. Fairly stable, solid fundamentals. Will get beaten up in tax-loss season.

Brookfield is a very good manger and BEP contracts are with Microsoft. BEP is not only wind and solar power, but also hydro. They grow their dividend 5% per year. He is averaging down.

Has been hurt by continued negativity towards renewables, not helped by Trump's election. They continue to sign major supply renewal deals with tech companies. There still needs to be a lot of renewable power to be built, and BEP is one of the best at it. Collect the 6.75% dividend as you wait, and average in.

Lots of hydro power, a long-life asset. Partnership with CCO for Westinghouse nuclear (and she's pretty bullish on nuclear power generation).

Total return is positive because of the distribution yield. Rough year for the sector. New US administration doesn't support the sector; removal of tax credits is a headwind. Long-term secular growth theme, with near-term hiccups and volatility. MSFT agreement gives visibility to revenues, other companies want similar agreements.

Need for energy and power continues to increase. About half its assets are hydro, which she likes for long-term growth. Geographic and asset diversification. Huge deal with MSFT, which should increase production by ~33%. Joint venture with CCO to do Westinghouse nuclear servicing, and she's bullish on clean energy. Poised to do well. Yield is 5.77%, and dividends grow 5% a year.

Undervalued. Well run. Diverse assets. Lots of hydro, as well as solar and wind, both in NA and globally. One of the leading players internationally. Huge increase in demand in electricity from data centres and AI; many of the hyperscalers want to use clean energy. Deal with MSFT.

Near-term underperformance and tax-credit concerns from the "big, beautiful bill", but long-term trend toward renewables is intact.

Diversified. Trying to find momentum. About 5% upside to price target. EPS growth and revenue have been down. She'd stay away until you see some strong numbers. Decent dividend yield of ~5.5%.

The chart for AQN tells the story for the sector.

Seeing signs of improvement. Both AQN and NPI have moved above 200-day (40-week) moving average, a positive. Especially so because a lot more quant funds are moving $$ in the markets, and one of the triggers they look at is whether or not it's above that technical level. It it's above, they can buy it; if not, either they can't buy it or they short it. Likes the regulated utilities -- FTS, H, EMA, CU, CPX.

If he were less cautious, he'd be more bullish. Not a big fan. More of a value play. Technically, they've been laggards. Better places to put your $$.