Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersBIP.UN.TOCOMMENTJan 21, 2016Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 05, 2026. Market Open.
If you have any withholding tax in a cash (taxable) account, because the structure is set up not in Canada, you should be able to claim it back on your tax return. So it's better to have in a taxable account than in a TFSA or RRSP, where you can't claim it back.
He owns BN instead.
Not a fan of this. They pay a dividend and reinvest capital into new projects, but this makes them dependent on generating capital gains and flipping projects. There's no real free cash flow as you see in a typical utility. Also, they are very interest rate-sensitive; they need to constantly borrow money to develop new projects.
(Note the short timeframe.) Its assets are the backbone that keep the global economy moving forward. Predictable income and strong downside prediction amidst current market uncertainty. Should continue to do well. Expanded data centre platform. Record asset sales for capital recycling.
Dividend increased ~6% for 17th consecutive year. Sees ~15% price upside from here.
As long as we are not in a waterfall, this is a good name. He is seeing 13% from funds operation growth over the next couple of years, from a pending Australian acquisition, growth in Brazil and toll roads in India. One of the problems is that it reports in US$ and only about 25% of their business is in the US, but 75% of their FFO (funds from operations) is hedged over the next 18-25 months to the US$. Has a good dividend which is growing. The kind of a name he would be nibbling on when he feels that the macro is a little more settled.