Investment Q&A

Q: I own both TRP long time and Enb a year. I was thinking of selling one. Which one would u keep. I also own small position in KEY. I am up on TRP and almost even on ENB

Q: TRP, ENB, CJ, SGY, IPL, SU, TOU, VET, TOG, CPG.

At $50 - 55 WTI which of the following would have the best possible chance at :

A. Enough cash flow to cover dividends.
B. Enough cash to sustain or improve current balance sheet.
C. Able to sustain current production levels that would not negatively affect the above from the above.

please list the stocks order of best first for each category
thanks Yossi

Q: Your opinion on this company, please.

Thank you, Walter

Q: Looking to lighten up on TRP and BCE and use the proceeds to purchase something of similar quality but perhaps more potential growth.Thinking to purchase BAM.What do you folks think and would you have other suggestions?Income and sector not an issue.Appreciate your input.

Q: How much growth (price + dividend growth) are you expecting individually from these dividend stocks in the next 3-5 years? Please arrange these stocks with the most growth to the least growth.

Q: I have all these stocks in my non-registered account, I have some money to deploy. My two smallest holdings are CP and WCN, should I add to either one or would you suggest a new stock?

Q: I was stopped out on ENB a while ago but now would like to reenter the sector. Which pipeline company would you buy today for some growth as well as the steady dividend ?
Thanks
Sharon

Q: Thank you for for answer yesterday about setting up my parent's investments. To summarize, they are very conservative, above 80 years old, and looking for safety and income.

I would now like to ask you about the distribution of the equity component of the investments (composing only 17% of the total, the rest being in bonds, preferred, and GICs). Those below are all in equal weight. What do you thing?

BEP.UN, BCE, BNS, CM, CU, ENB, TRP
XHC for healthcare exposure
IWO for US growth
VGG for US exposure
XEF (in a half position) for international exposure
VEE (in a half position) for emerging market exposure

Could you please suggest some more to round things out? I need another 5 or 6 stocks.


Also, do you have any objection to using ZAG and HYGH as bond substitutes for their conservative portfolio? I am buying individual preferred shares for that component.

Thank you once again,

Fed

Q: Hi,

I currently own all 4. If you were to pair down to two, which two would you have in an RRSP and why?

Thank you!

Q: What do you think about the pipeline companies at this time?
They have had a nice recovery from Dec 2018 until now.
Good time to get in ?

Q: Please comment on the recent downgrade TRP received from Moody's citing TRP's weak financial profile to Baa1. Debt to EBITDA is expected to be 5x in 2019, ENB is about the same. Moody's downgraded ENB to just above junk about a year ago to Baa3. It would seem Moody's feels 5x EBITDA is not good, Shouldn't we avoid these companies?

Q: Hi,
I own one pipeline stock which is ENB and would like to add one and maybe a second to reduce single company risk.
I am looking for your top 3 ideas offering the best potential total return over the next 10 years that would be a good compliment to ENB. I would like your rational for each.
FYI, I like growing dividends over time, lower debt (I know this sector is capital intensive so these companies are usually indebted) and good opportunities for growth.
Thanks,
Dan

Q: I’m under the impression that 5i research preference for a pipeline yielding company top pick is Enbridge versus Trans Canada RP .
However fundamental analysis shows that TRP has more attractive entry price, better management performance over the past 5 years and lower debt better level.
KPI benchmark shows: TRP lower PE of 13.7 vs 22 for ENB, better ROE 15.2% versus 7.2% for ENB , significant better Ebitda to debt ratio of 4.8 vs 5.4
while both stocks have similar price to book and dividend yield and dividend growth projections. Future 2 years EPS growth shows that both projections are within the same range and ENB is scheduled to have a lower 2019 EPS versus 2018
What am I missing here ?

Q: I have the above securities, as well as RBC Cdn Equity Inc, Sentry Cdn Inc, Sentry Global REIT, and fixed income via Fisgard Capital, Annuities, a company pension, CPP and soon-to-be OAS.

I really focus on asset allocation and am a little light on Consumer stocks, holding CGX, PBH and TCL (although some consider TCL to be in the Industrial sector). I am normally a buy-and-hold investor who trims-adds around core positions.

Question 1 = I am looking to add 1 more consumer stock and am looking for a dividend ideally > 3%. Based on my stock-ETF-MF mix, are there a few stocks you could suggest that would fit in my above set of securities.

Q2 = if I was to consider ideas from the Income Portfolio, is there an issue with having multiple food stocks....like PBH and A&W and NWC. Why have more than one food stock?

Q# = because A&W is a ".UN" company, how are their dividends treated for tax purposes? Are they eligible for the dividend tax credit?

Deduct as many credits as you deem appropriate....got loads and will never use them all up.

Thanks as always...Steve

Q: Concerning Canadian Cies (like FFH or TRP ), paying dividends, but getting a significant part of their revenues from the US or from foreign Cies that they own : Do we get the whole tax credit on their dividends ? Or is it only in proportion of the Canadian portion of the Cie ?

Q: I continue to try and learn by reading reports, analyst ratings etc. Tudor Pickering has recently released ratings for MX as a hold and price target of $59, currently at $79 and change, and TRP as a buy with a Price target of $62 currently $60.79. This does not make any sense to me. Why hold a stock they estimate will loose $20, and buy a stock that will gain only $1.21.
Please explain if possible, am i missing something?

Q: Which Canadian pipeline co generates most of its revenue from the US.
Also which is your favorite pipeline co and why?

Q: Telus and BCE. TransCanada and Enbridge. I generally try to aim for 5% per holding but I had a concern of too much overlap of these respective stock pairings, so I've reduced the total of each pairing to 8% from 10%. Is this still too much? On a the other hand, would 5% of all four make any sense? When it comes to diversifying in Canadian bluechips, variety is unfortunately limited if one wants dependable dividend growth.

Thanks.
Jim

Q: 1:03 PM 2/24/2019
I am increasingly concerned about the financial stability and credit quality of several of my investments.
Could you please provide the S&P or DBRS issuer rating or bond rating of : ENB, TRP, PKI, BCE, CSW.A, AW.UN, SIA.
This information is very difficult for me to find and is often quite dated. Could you suggest a source I could use.
Thank you........... Paul K

Q: Hello,
I hold TRP 5%, FTS 4%, ENB 3%, EMA 1.2%, PPL 1.2%, & AQN 1.2% in my accounts. I plan to increase the smaller holdings to about 2% each. I like these stocks for their dividends and their international diversification. Are these 6 utilities reasonable choices as long term holdings or should I look elsewhere?
Would you please rank them.
I am way past my retirement age but do not relay on the dividend income from these stocks.

Thank you,

Werner