Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOBUYNov 27, 2014Stock 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.
We are going through some unusually large price changes now. Longer term, these types of companies are mid streamers, so the way basins have been reconfigured for new technology, means we have to rebuild many parts of the infrastructure in North America. This company is participating in this huge build out in infrastructure. It will last for many years to come.