Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOPARTIAL SELLMar 31, 2016Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jul 21, 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.
Pembina Pipeline (PPL-T) or Inter Pipeline (IPL-T)? Payout ratios are creeping up on both. Also, they are not as tied to commodity exposure as some of the other pipelines. However, it ultimately comes down to how good their counterparties are, or how good the shipping contracts are. They are getting expensive again. Probably got too cheap. At these levels he would probably be looking to taking off exposure.