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TC ENERGY INC., $45.23, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $46.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 8.2%; www.tcenergy.com.) generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,700-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. The company’s other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and nine power plants. To strengthen its balance sheet, TC recently agreed to sell 40% of its U.S.-based Columbia natural gas pipeline systems for $5.2 billion. TC now also aims to sell a further $3 billion of its less-important businesses by the end of 2024. As a result, it has applied for regulatory approval to sell a minority stake in its Nova Gas Transmission system, which transports natural gas from producers in Alberta and northeast B.C. to domestic and export markets. The cash from those sales will let TC pay down its debt of $46.1 billion as of June 30, 2023. That’s equal…