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EnbridgeENB.TOBUYJun 28, 2023Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 19, 2026. Market Open.
Largest pipeline operator in North America. ~7% yield very strong. Expected to continue growing dividend. Recent weakness in energy prices reason for share price weakness. Assets very valuable as hard to replicated. Pause and/or falling interest rates will be good for business. Good for income oriented investors.
He doesn't think a 5% weighting in a stock is crazy, it's very reasonable. If you have a lot of conviction in those companies, then that's where your weighting should be. Yield is around 7%. Won't reduce the dividend unless something really terrible happens. Extremely mature company, will grow with GDP plus or minus, highly levered.
Investors own for the dividend. He wouldn't overweight his portfolio with it, but makes sense for a certain demographic.
Difficult couple of years with interest rates. Big acquisition required issuing equity and taking on debt. Acquisition needs to be integrated, but they're pros at that. Diversifies its business. Stock's bounced back since then. No problem maintaining dividend. Becoming more US-focused, Canada's regulations make things too difficult.
ENB has much higher quality assets and better locations. PPL has more volatility in earnings and rumoured to be interested in TMX pipeline, which is an overhang. PPL is a good company, dividend safe. But he still prefers TRP and ENB.
Energy infrastructure stocks have been beaten up to the point where dividends are high, but you don't need to be scared of that. Rock solid. Paying down debt from free cashflow and asset sales. Debt's 4.5x, which isn't bad for energy infrastructure. Committed to increase dividend. Great projects in pipeline and great free cashflow. Can't replicate assets. Into renewables. More stable than oil & gas companies.