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EnbridgeENB.TOBUYOct 11, 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.
Purchase of 3 US gas utilities adds debt, but puts them in a good place for future growth. Issued equity to cover the purchase. Prospect to increase dividends over the years. Still talks about dividend raises of 5-6%, but remains to be seen. Beaten down as a yield stock, good time to look at it for income. Yield is 8.1%.