Investing Topics: Master Limited Partnerships
Regarding NextEra
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Roger S. Conrad on
Oct. 5, 2023
A little over a week ago, NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) announced it would postpone a planned “drop down” or sale of assets to its affiliate NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE: NEP). Not surprisingly, I’ve answered quite a few emails over the past week ranging from whether both are headed to oblivion to whether it’s time to “double down” on the family.
Brookfield’s Stock Split and Q2 Results So Far
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 31, 2020
If you own shares of Conservative Holding Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSX: BEP-U, NYSE: BEP), you’ll soon notice they currently trade in the low 40s, versus a low 50s price just a few days ago. Don’t despair. The price change is the result of a uniquely structured 5-to-4 stock split. The overall value of your Brookfield position has not changed.
Despite DAPL, There’s Still Life in Midstream
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 8, 2020
The key for investors isn't the fate of one pipeline or another. It's how well-positioned companies are to handle a setback at an asset they own or are building. We win by focusing on the handful of companies that are best-positioned to emerge from this shakeout.
Kinder’s Results: Buy Signal for US Midstream
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jan. 28, 2019
With an industry-leading 84,000 miles of energy pipelines, 157 terminals and related assets, Kinder Morgan Inc's (NYSE: KMI) results aren’t just a progress report, but reliable portents for the rest of the business as well.
Enbridge Eats Its Young
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jun. 11, 2018
Enbridge Inc (TSX: ENB, NYSE: ENB) is buying the remaining common units of the two US MLPs it controls: Enbridge Energy Partners (NYSE: EEP) and Spectra Energy Partners (NYSE: SEP).
It’s a good deal for the acquirer, which is buying these assets for barely 7 times cash flow. Absorbing the regulated natural gas and oil pipelines should dodge a possible Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-mandated rate cut. And management has affirmed three-year earnings guidance while promising faster growth after 2020.
MLPs Back on the Road to Profits
By
Roger S. Conrad on
May. 26, 2018
This week, Elliott Gue and I attended the 2018 MLP & Energy Infrastructure Conference in Orlando, Florida. Here are some of our takeaways.
MLP Takeovers and Take Unders
By
Roger S. Conrad on
May. 19, 2018
Enbridge Inc (TSX: ENB, NYSE: ENB) and Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) roll up their master limited partnerships as expected. Here's what that means for unitholders.
Moving Closer to the Edge
By
Roger S. Conrad on
May. 6, 2018
SCANA Corp (NYSE: SCG) won’t declare its June dividend until “closer to record date”. That’s the closest Conrad’s Utility Investor coverage universe companies have come to a payout cut this earnings season. But several are definitely on the edge.
Why MLPs Will Recover
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Apr. 19, 2018
It always seems darkest before the dawn. But a brighter day is on the way for battered energy master limited partnerships (MLPs).
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