Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTJan 21, 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.
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.