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TRANSCANADA CORP. $49.44 (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 708.9 million; Market cap: $36.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.2%; www.transcanada.com) still hopes its Keystone XL pipeline will be approved, even though Alberta’s new NDP government has withdrawn the province’s support for the project.
Keystone XL would pump crude from Alberta’s oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Due to various delays, the company now expects Keystone XL to cost $8.0 billion U.S.
Meanwhile, TransCanada has improved its efficiency and adopted new technologies, both of which are helping it pump more oil through its existing Keystone pipeline between Alberta and refineries in Illinois.
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Keystone XL would pump crude from Alberta’s oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Due to various delays, the company now expects Keystone XL to cost $8.0 billion U.S.
Meanwhile, TransCanada has improved its efficiency and adopted new technologies, both of which are helping it pump more oil through its existing Keystone pipeline between Alberta and refineries in Illinois.
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VERESEN $14.25 (Toronto symbol VSN; Shares outstanding: 290.0 million; Market cap: $4.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 7.0%; www.vereseninc.com) owns pipelines, power plants and gas-processing facilities across North America.
A major holding is 50% of the Alliance gas line, which runs 3,000 kilometres between Chicago and Fort St. John, B.C. Veresen also owns the Alberta Ethane Gathering System, 42.7% of the Aux Sable NGL plant and the Hythe/Steeprock natural gas gathering and processing complex in the Cutbank Ridge region of Alberta and B.C.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, Veresen’s cash flow per share fell 24.1%, to $0.22 from $0.29 a year earlier.
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A major holding is 50% of the Alliance gas line, which runs 3,000 kilometres between Chicago and Fort St. John, B.C. Veresen also owns the Alberta Ethane Gathering System, 42.7% of the Aux Sable NGL plant and the Hythe/Steeprock natural gas gathering and processing complex in the Cutbank Ridge region of Alberta and B.C.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, Veresen’s cash flow per share fell 24.1%, to $0.22 from $0.29 a year earlier.
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PEMBINA PIPELINE $37.12 (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 340.4 million; Market cap: $13.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; 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 also owns extensive facilities to extract, process and store NGLs.
In the three months ended March 31, 2015, the company’s cash flow per share fell 24.1%, to $0.63 from $0.83 a year earlier. That’s mainly because lower oil and gas prices cut profit margins and volumes at its NGL extraction business.
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Pembina also owns extensive facilities to extract, process and store NGLs.
In the three months ended March 31, 2015, the company’s cash flow per share fell 24.1%, to $0.63 from $0.83 a year earlier. That’s mainly because lower oil and gas prices cut profit margins and volumes at its NGL extraction business.
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $208.83 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 161.0 million; Market cap: $34.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%; www.cpr.ca) transports freight over a 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, as well as hubs in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.
CP continues to benefit from lower fuel prices and an aggressive cost-cutting plan, but the slowing economy is hurting its freight volumes and revenue. That has caused the shares to fall about 14% from earlier this year.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, the railway earned $404 million, up 8.9% from $371 million a year earlier. Per-share profits jumped 16.1%, to $2.45 from $2.11, on fewer shares outstanding.
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CP continues to benefit from lower fuel prices and an aggressive cost-cutting plan, but the slowing economy is hurting its freight volumes and revenue. That has caused the shares to fall about 14% from earlier this year.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, the railway earned $404 million, up 8.9% from $371 million a year earlier. Per-share profits jumped 16.1%, to $2.45 from $2.11, on fewer shares outstanding.
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