Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTApr 28, 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.
They bought all the processing and gathering assets and plants from Paramount, and did a financing to help pay for it. (He bought the financing at $34.) Coming off a restriction, Bay Street analysts are starting to put out Buy reports with $44-$46 targets, which is what is driving the stock higher. It could go back $1 or $2 if oil goes back to $40. If it did, this would be a Buy at $36.