Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOTOP PICKApr 24, 2017Stock 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.
This is just completing phase 4 and 5 of pipeline gathering in the Duvernay Basin. They are also major players in the Montney. That has given them a stranglehold on future production and gas processing in those 2 areas. They have also done a deal with Chevron, which is going to require them to do additional infrastructure spending on their behalf, which will increase cash flow and dividends. Dividend yield of 4.61%. (Analysts’ price target is $49.)