Pembina targets a rival

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PEMBINA PIPELINE, $38.02, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 550.0 million; Market cap: $20.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.6%; www.pembina.com) has announced a takeover bid for Inter Pipeline Ltd. (symbol IPL on Toronto). Pembina is offering 0.5 of a PPL share for each Inter share—at today’s price for Pembina, that’s worth $19.01. Inter’s assets include over 7,000 kilometres of pipelines and five million barrels of oil storage capacity in Western Canada. It also has plants for processing natural gas liquids; it’s building the $4-billion Heartland petrochemical plant near Edmonton. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has now countered Pembina’s offer with a $19.75-a-share bid (74% cash, 26% stock). The Inter Pipeline takeover would be a very good fit for Pembina. Still, with or without a successful acquisition bid, its outlook and growth prospects remain strong. Pembina Pipelines remains a buy. buy…