Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTApr 27, 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.
Feels the oil sands pipeline business will keep on going. Long-term demand for oil is up, which will help this pipeline. The difficulty is that they have 33% of their business in commodity sensitive areas. Their goal is to get it down to 17%-18%. If, as and when these liquids recover in price, it will be a very positive leverage for them.