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Hi, Pat: I’m down 17% on Capstone Infrastructure and I am wondering what you think of the stock. Thanks.

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Capstone Infrastructure Corp., $3.28, symbol CSE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 93.4 million; Market cap: $318.1 million; www.capstoneinfrastructure.com), is an electricity producer with 449 megawatts of capacity. It operates gas, wind, hydro, biomass and solar facilities and is developing wind projects capable of generating a total of 79 megawatts. Capstone also invests in utilities, including a 33.3% stake in a municipal-heating business in Sweden and 50% of a regulated water utility in the U.K. The company plans to keep looking for acquisitions to boost its cash flow per share. But that adds risk, especially since it has previously added a wide range of operations, including solar and biomass, and made acquisitions in foreign markets like Sweden. The stock trades at 12.1 times this year’s forecast cash flow of $0.27 a share. It yields a high 9.2%, but it expects to pay out as much as 110% of its cash flow as dividends this year. That means its high dividend could be unsustainable. We don’t recommend…