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Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersBIP.UN.TOBUYJun 04, 2024Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Aug 27, 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.
BIP is more sensitive to interest rates, and will constrained when rates rose. Also, they pay a dividend which was competing with high rates. As rates decline, this will benefit BIP and encourage more building projects. In contrast, BEP is a tougher go, because the transition to renewables will take longer than many expect. But BEP is best in class and its managers are fantastic. BEP's use of AI (with Microsoft) will benefit the stock, but we're ahead of ourselves.