Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTJan 21, 2015Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jul 22, 2026. Market Open.
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.
APO has pretty smart people, and they're seeing an opportunity here. Purchase was from KKR, so nothing much changes.
As for PPL itself, trading a bit expensive with growth catalysts of 5-7%. Nice, visible project backlog. Nice dividend. Wouldn't add here, but you'll do OK if you own it.
Still thinks KEY is the better buy.
Dividend is safe. The group, by association with oil, has been hit. This one has exposure to gas growth in Western Canada, which now is a little dicier for LNG further out, so there is a little bit of bloom off of the growth. It is still going to be fine, but it was trading at a huge valuation, so it had to come off. In the short term, it will go up and down with oil/gas prices, and the stock will probably go sideways.