emera

Toronto symbol EMA, generates and distributes electricity to customers in Nova Scotia and Bangor, Maine.


EMERA INC. $62 is a buy. The electrical power utility (Toronto symbol EMA; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 263.1 million; Market cap: $16.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.9; Dividend yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.emera.com) is now testing a new technology called BlockEnergy near Tampa, Florida.


Solar panels on homes generate electricity, while batteries store and distribute that power to other houses in the neighbourhood....
EMERA INC., $63.32, Toronto symbol EMA, is a buy.

The company owns 100% of Nova Scotia Power, that province’s main electricity supplier. It also owns 100% of Tampa Electric, which provides electricity to more than 765,000 customers. Its other interests include several power plants and natural gas pipelines in the U.S....
EMERA INC., $64.20, Toronto symbol EMA, is a buy.

The company owns 100% of Nova Scotia Power, that province’s main electricity supplier. It also owns 100% of Tampa Electric, which provides electricity to more than 765,000 customers. Its other interests include several power plants and natural gas pipelines in the U.S....
Utilities could suffer more than other sectors as interest rates further rise. That’s because they have a lot of debt, and higher rates make it more expensive to raise money and refinance existing debt. As well, their shares, which typically offer high yields, compete with fixed-income instruments for investor interest.


Still, holding a stake in this sector is an important part of a well-balanced portfolio....

Emera’s shares recently hit a new all-time high. That in part reflects the ongoing success of its Florida power utility, acquired in 2016.


Historically low interest rates in the past few years have also spurred investor demand for high-yielding utility stocks like Emera....
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, $136.66, Toronto symbol RY, is a buy.

Royal raised your quarterly dividend by 11.1% with the February 2022 payment. Investors now receive $1.20 a share instead of $1.08. The new annual rate of $4.80 yields 3.5%. The bank also plans to repurchase roughly 3.16% of its common shares over the next year.

The bank has now agreed to buy U.K.-based wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin Holdings Plc....
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, $137.32, Toronto symbol RY, is a buy.

The bank will now purchase U.K.-based wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin Holdings Plc. Its assets under management totalled 59 billion British pounds (roughly $101 billion Canadian) as of December 31, 2021.

Royal will pay $2.6 billion for Brewin Dolphin....
TC ENERGY INC., $66.81, Toronto symbol TRP, remains a buy for long-term gains and income.

TC generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,300-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S....
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $165 (www.cibc.com) is a buy. The bank increased your quarterly dividend by 10.3% with the January 2022 payment. The new annual rate of $6.44 yields a high 3.9%. Based on CIBC’s projected earnings for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022, of $14.58 a share, the new dividend rate represents a payout rate of 44%....

EMERA INC. $60 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol EMA; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 256.5 million; Market cap: $15.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.emera.com) owns 100% of Nova Scotia Power, that province’s main electricity supplier....