Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersBIP.UN.TOHOLDSep 25, 2023Stock 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.
He sold recently at a high since it was getting harder to analyze but may buy some back later. It is a long term compounder and regularly increases its dividends, so don't sell at these levels. He likes the pure infrastructure plays rather than companies that buy the assets.
Editor's Note: He thinks the central banks have stopped raising interest rates and that inflation is coming down into the 2 to 3% range. Valuations should then start to recover and he expects a bond rally in the next year or two.,