Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOPARTIAL SELLMar 31, 2016Stock 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.
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.