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Altagas LtdALA.TOTOP PICKMay 07, 2018Stock 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)
Sustainable long-term cash flow. True, its charts are unflattering, but it's grown its dividend 50% over the past fve years. It continues to be on sale, so he continues to recommend it. It's a bargain now and the most recent drop is egregious. The market has been negative on the WGL acquisition, but utilities in metropolitan areas (Washington DC) with solid, long-term growth don't come up often. Cities will always utilities. Their cash flow will sustain the 8.8% dividend. You're paid to wait. He's buying for clients. (Analysts' price target $28.10)