Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOBUYJan 16, 2015Stock 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.
Energy has more of an indirect relationship to their natural gas exposure. They have been making a lot of money in the last few years, taking liquids out of natural gas. That business has been hurt to some extent, but the good news is that they have been rapidly reorganizing their business towards “cost of service” type contracts. Thinks they will get through this. They have less risk on the commodity side than they used to. If you don’t own any of these stocks, it is time to look at them.