Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTJun 20, 2017Stock 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.
Thinks energy infrastructure as a theme is now under some pressure with this new leg down in energy prices. Infrastructure tends to hold up better than the producers, but if it gets bad enough, they get impacted. This is one of the 2 strongest names in the Canadian universe, but if energy gets much worse, he is likely to reduce his weighting.