Pembina adds a quality asset

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PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP. $52 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 580.9 million; Market cap: $30.2 billion; Dividend yield: 5.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pembina.com) operates pipelines that carry half of Alberta’s conventional oil and almost all of B.C.’s oil. The company has paid dividends continuously since 1997. With the June 2025 payment, your quarterly dividend will rise by 2.9%, to $0.71 a share from $0.69. The new annual rate of $2.84 yields a high 5.5%. PGI—Pembina’s joint venture with KKR & Co.—recently purchased a 50% stake in Alberta’s Kaybob natural gas processing complex from Whitecap Resources Inc. Pembina’s share of the purchase price was $252 million. Pembina will probably generate cash flow of $5.07 a share in 2025, and the stock trades at just 10.3 times that forecast. Pembina Pipeline is a buy. buy. …