TRP expands in Mexico

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TC ENERGY INC., $57.83, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 983.5 million; Market cap: $57.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.2%; www.tcenergy.com.) recently formed an alliance with Mexico’s state-owned power company (Comision Federal de Electricidad) to jointly build and operate a new, 715-kilometre natural gas pipeline (called the Southeast Gateway Pipeline) that will connect the ports of Tuxpan and Coatzacoalcos. It should begin operating in 2025. TC will also fold its two existing gas pipelines in Mexico into this new partnership. All three lines will then operate under a single, U.S.-dollar denominated, take-or-pay shipping agreement that expires in 2055. Meanwhile, the deal should expand TC’s gross earnings by 6% annually through to the end of 2026. That’s up from its earlier forecast for 5% annual growth. That increase will give the company more room to raise your dividend; the current annual rate of $3.60 a share yields a high 6.2%. TC Energy is still a buy. buy…