
The dividend paying portion of the Enbridge family of companies. It has retreated to a point where it is certainly worth looking at. The question he always has is, is there enough growth to go with it. He buys income stocks that always have a growth component to them. With the price retreating the way it is now, you will probably get enough of a bounce in the market to get 5% from the market plus you have a nice dividend.
Sees a lot of upside, but if looking at this as a REIT, you are going to get paid a 7% dividend, and he sees 10% annual dividend growth over the next several years with drop downs from Enbridge (ENB-T). With Enbridge having issued $2 billion in equity, this company is much less likely to go to market to issue more equity. As a yield play this is fine.
Was the recipient of a number of Enbridge (ENB-T) Parent Corp assets last fall. These assets were more mature and had less growth in Enbridge parent, and was also a mechanism to raise cash for Enbridge. Likes the growth profile, but doesn’t like their constant need for equity. You have to offset that with the dividend growth. Prefers the parent. Dividend yield of 6.7%.
This is in a downtrend with lower highs and lower lows. Pipelines tend to be a more defensive play and can actually do well in the summer, about May through to October. However, with the broader decline in commodity prices, these things have gotten hurt in the energy complex. Chart shows a clearly downward trending channel. The major moving averages are all pointing lower. He would avoid this until it starts basing. (See Top Picks.)
You are there for the yield. ENB-T gives you less yield but more upside. Over the last year they have both been hammered, but ENB-T has recovered and this one has not. If you can tolerate less yield, then ENB-T is the more attractive investment.