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Altagas LtdALA.TOCOMMENTAug 02, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 19, 2026. Market Open.
Continues to de-risk balance sheet. Growing global export margins. Low cost of capital, high returns. Acquisition looks high quality, synergistic. Low 11x valuation, growing at 11%. Sees dividend growing at 5%. Commodity tailwinds of more robust global exports plus nat gas price. Yield is 4.34%.
(Analysts’ price target is $32.00)Derisking balance sheet. Very strong utility growth. Lots of low-capital, high-return, midstream growth opportunities. Low valuation of 11x, with a 10.7% growth rate. Risk profile of a utility with the upside of LNG. Building out global exports is a key theme. Nice yield of 4.33%, growing around 5%.
(Analysts’ price target is $31.79)Has owned this for a long time. He added in the past year when shares were in the dumps, and has seen a nice upside in the past year as it pays a nice 4.5% dividend. Recent earnings were decent and they're paying down debt. They had a favourable ruling in the U.S. over a pipeline. Selling an asset will accelerate debt repayments. Buy a half position and do the DRIP. You don't have to be bullish in natural gas to buy this, not as much. The technicals show nat gas is basing nicely. ALA collects a toll of whatever flows through their pipeline, but of course the more volume the better
(Analysts’ price target is $31.79)Had a strong Q1 and showing progress in de-risking global exports. LNG growth and strong utility growth. Low capital yet high return midstream. He expects 9.5% growth and trades at a reasonable 10.2x PE. Pays a nearly 5% dividend. Unfairly ignored by dividends. Higher interest rates have chased money away while money has poured into the FAANGs.
(Analysts’ price target is $31.15)
Has a lot of conviction in this company. When their acquisition in the US goes through, you will probably see the company get re-rated. The large US acquisition is somewhat transformational in that it creates a company with much more predictable cash flows, and reduces their sensitivity to commodity prices. Right now, it is a little bit of a mix between energy infrastructure and regulated utilities. The acquisition of WGL tilts it more towards stable cash flow regulated utility power generation. When the acquisition is completed, you have very visible cash flow and dividend growth. The “subscription receipts” will eventually convert into regular shares. The “subscription receipts” trades at a discount to the equities, so if you are going to buy this, you should buy it through the subscription receipts.