Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersBIP.UN.TOTOP PICKNov 07, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 26, 2026. Market Open.
You get paid to wait. Steady compounder. $1.7B in new projects. Inflation-linked cashflows. AFFO growth of 11%, trades at 10.5x. Good one to own amidst all the cross-currents of markets today. A "when" story, not "if". Yield is 4.81%; very safe payout ratio of 56%.
(Analysts’ price target is $60.27)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.
We have aging infrastructure globally, and a lot of governments will probably have to sell existing assets to be able to finance new assets. That puts attractive assets into the pool. This is one of the few companies with access to a lot of capital. The company has expanded geographically and have acquired expertise, so their assets now are much more broadly located, such as in Asia and India. She likes the geographic mix for a Canadian company. (Analysts' price target is $47.)