Expansion plans pay off for these two

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Pembina Pipeline and Veresen both trade at high multiples to their per-share cash flow. But both have strong growth prospects and high dividend yields. We think they have further gains ahead. PEMBINA PIPELINE $52.77 (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 327.0 million; Market cap: $16.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.3%; www.pembina.com) owns pipelines that carry half of Alberta’s conventional oil, 30% of Western Canada’s natural gas liquids (NGLs) and almost all of B.C.’s conventional oil. Pembina bought rival Provident Energy, which extracts, transports and stores NGLs, for $3.2 billion in 2012. This acquisition is paying off: in the quarter ended June 30, 2014, Pembina’s cash flow rose 27.3%, to $191.0 million from $150.0 million a year earlier. Cash flow per share gained 20.4%, to $0.59 from $0.49, on more shares outstanding. Pipeline expansions and strong profit margins at Provident were the main reasons for the gains. Pembina has just agreed to buy the recently built Vantage pipeline, which runs…