Stock price when the opinion was issued
Fascinating display of a lack of IPL corporate governance. IPL has done everything they can to not engage with Brookfield, but happy to risk 350M of shareholder money in break fees as a bait to get PPL to bid for them. He doesn't understand it. Wouldn't invest in a company that won't negotiate a bona fide offer. Missed expectations in last couple of years.
Will be acquired by Brookfield or Pembina. Final decision mid-June. If you own shares, hold on. An attractive asset for PPL, which she owns, as it expands their footprint.
Historically these pipelines are expensive. Interest rates have been falling for some time and now the Fed is saying that next year they could be looking at tightening if things go well. However, backlogs are bigger than she has seen in the last 25 years. Because of this, they deserve a higher valuation. Pipelines in general have growth potential and growth in earnings and they have huge dividends. You want to buy these opportunistically.