Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersBIP.UN.TOCOMMENTOct 16, 2017Stock 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.
Since this went public it has had something like a 20% compound total return. The whole Brookfield group is such a great well-run business. What they’ve been able to do, which no one else has been able to do, is to have a long-term plan and strike when the iron is hot and acquire distressed assets. Recently did a big equity deal, and assumes they have a lot of deals they are working on. Dividend yield of 4.3%.