Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTApr 28, 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.
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.