Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOTOP PICKSep 06, 2012Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Aug 12, 2026. Market Open.
A name for a good dividend and safety. Pipelines are not quite as good as utilities, because they're perceived as being commodity-sensitive (even though they're really not).
You'll get your dividend, and the safety means you can sleep at night (and that's worth something). You can get diversification via funds and ETFs.
Both benefit from AI centre demand. Pembina is building a 1.8 gigawatt natural gas plant in Alberta. Half of ALA's business is in the US, regulated utilities, in Virginia--the world capital of data centre traffic. ALA also has activity in Western Canada. ALA's growth rate is higher than Pembina. ALA gets the slight edge.
Made an interesting acquisition of Provident Energy so there is an earnings catalyst in the bottom line that is coming up in the near-term. Have a good facility at Redwater (?). Feels that the infrastructure build-out for companies like this is going to be critical for the LNG propane movement.