Pembina Pipeline CorpPPL.TOBUYFeb 13, 2024Stock 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.
He should have bought only Pembina and not TCE and ENB as well. The latter two were impacted more by rising interest rates. PPL boasts lower debt that the other two and can finance their growth projects internally. Also, they have the largest infrastructure network in the Montney. By the end of this quarter, they will render their final investment decision in the Kitamat LNG project.