Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTAug 28, 2013Stock 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.
Principal advantages and disadvantages of owning the common stock relative to its larger cousins of Enbridge (ENB-T) and TransCanada (TRP-T)? This operates in both Alberta and BC. The problem with the larger ones is that it becomes harder and harder to move the dial on growth. They have to take on bigger and bigger projects. Also, have bigger regulatory hurdles to overcome. You want to own the smaller guys because they can grow easier. This one can fund part of their growth through their cash flow generation whereas the others have to go to market.