Opinions
Greg Newman
Inter Pipeline
IPL-T
COMMENT
Jan 26, 2018
$25.090
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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DON'T BUY
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.
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HOLD
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.
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PARTIAL SELL
It's trading at a premium to the Brookfield offer, so hold or sell? Whether to sell or hold depends on your individual weighting in your portfolio. If share price drops, will it hurt your portfolio? Maybe sell part of it now, then see if a higher bidder comes, which the market is waiting for.
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HOLD
Pembina and Brookfield are battling over this. Brookfield wants to remove the break-up fee that IPL must pay Pembina, but the regulator let it stand. The bid deadline has been extended to August 6. IPL is trading around the bids of $20. Brookfield Infrastructure may bid higher. Pembina's could be in stock; or you can transition to another energy infrastructure dividend name. Keep holding IPL and let it play out. One of these companies will buy IPL and it could receive a higher bid. Expect a resolution in the next month or two.
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COMMENT
In the midst of a takeover battle from two companies, Pembina and Brookfield An interesting tug-of-war. He sold at the initial offer of $18. Since then, Brookfield has entered the picture to battle Pembina. Pembina is the logical buyer, because there is more synergy. But Brookfield wins on a valuation basis. He doesn't know how this will end, but he expects people to tender in Brookfield's offer. Maybe both companies partially finance and defray the risk. Anything can happen in the coming weeks. He's tempted to tender to the Brookfield offer--the price won't get much better than that.
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Going to build a $3 billion plastics plant in Alberta, using gas as a feedstock. The market is probably concerned that this is a step away from their low risk profile, and is going to take a while, so he is not modeling any growth for the next few years. This is a dividend play in a lot of ways, so he models the payout ratio as going from 66% to 72% to 77% over the next 3 years. He sees the balance sheet slightly deteriorating from 4.7% to 5.2%. It is trading at a reasonable valuation versus its midstream peers. Just hiked their dividend by 4%. There are better plays out there, such as Pembina (PPL-T). Dividend yield of 6.7%.