TC EnergyTRP.TOBUYNov 05, 2015Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Oct 20, 2026. Market Open.
Classic bond proxy squeeze. Names with really good growth (KEY, ALA) won't do as poorly. High quality, but growing at only 6%. Trades ~20x PE. Executing well. Strong beat last quarter. Another $7.7B in sanctioned projects. Expanded backlog. Guided to upper end of range.
Will start to do well once yields come down. Don't expect anything from it in the next year.
Its growth is in the 7 to 8% range. It has a huge backlog of projects and is adding more. Has superior management which has started an AI initiative for optimizing its pipeline. His expectation of natural gas prices is that they will go nowhere in North America. Natural gas is above the 5 year storage levels and a milder winter is expected. It needs more liquification facilities in Western Canada.
Pulled down toward the 200-day MA, so an opportunity to pick up shares. RSI is down around 29, indicating it's oversold. Nice, steady name with pretty low beta (half that of the TSX). For the conservative, dividend part of your portfolio. Yield is 4% and safe, expected to increase over coming years.
Pipeline names serve an important need in a portfolio for those who are income-focused. Sector's been hot, valuations have come up dramatically. If you own, continue to hold. Growth outlook quite strong.
Pipelines will definitely benefit from the need for power for AI. But they can't ship more than is already allocated, so they don't get as much operating leverage as some other companies.
Pipelines are not quite as good as utilities for safety, because they're perceived as being commodity-sensitive (even though they're really not). This name will give you a good dividend and safety. 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.
How much does this political wrangling impact this company’s value? He is modelling this company as not having the big energy products go through. Without Keystone and without Energy East he still sees 4.2% cash flow per share growth and 8.2% dividend growth. Trading cheaper than its peer group average at around 24X, so it is a name that is relatively viable here. As long as oil is in the penalty box, you are not going to have an easy time with pipelines. However, this one is pretty defensive and is a bond yield alternative.