Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOCOMMENTJan 19, 2018Stock 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 AltaGas (ALA-T)? He doesn't particularly care for one over the other. In terms of safety, he would probably prefer this one, although the yield isn't as good. It’s trading right up at its FMV, and has more or less tended to for some period of time. Altagas would have to fall 23% to get there. The balance sheet has been slipping, and the dividend is far from being covered, which worries him quite a bit.