Investment Q&A

Q: Could you please comment on Verizon earnings? Are you still favourable on this co.? The stock price is getting to its range 10 years ago. Is the high dividend sustainable? Thank you.

Q: Hi, any idea why EMA has so dramatically underperformed it’s peer utilities in the past 5 days? Thanks.

Q: I have been a long time holder of EMA, with a YoC of over 10%. I am mainly concerned with the safety of the dividend and some dividend growth. Given the recent news, is there reason to be concerned about the dividend and overall outlook for this company?

Q: Hello Peter,
Algonquin Power has a current dividend rate of. 6.72 percent given the current price of 14.55 cdn according to yahoo. Does this rate include the conversion to Canadian currency. I was thinking of buying AQN over Canadian Apartment Reit mostly due to the dividend (6.7 percent vs 3.53). I know it is not an apples to apples but from an upside both seem to be the same, approximately 30 percent. If you do think it is worth diversifying, is there another reit that pays high dividend but is considered stable. Thanks very much

Q: Hello 5i folks,
We are wondering what comments you have on the news we read in the local newspaper this morning concerning Fortis having avoided 2.2 billion in taxes over the last 5 years. The report was released by 'Canadians for Tax Fairness'.
We own Fortis shares and wonder if it is really the great company we think it is?
Thank you, Len

Q: This morning Simpson Oil Limited Provided an Early Warning Disclosure Regarding Investment in Parkland Corp. plus PKI say that third-quarter results will fall short of its expectations.
Will this have a major affect on PKI and if so should I get out of this stock asap?

Q: Please comment on these high dividend payers. Are they returning capital to achieve these lofty rates? How secure are the dividends?

Q: I note in a recent reply, you suggested the anticipated growth rate in 2023 for AQN was 19%, while BIPC was -12%. This being the case, would you suggest I sell BIPC (with a small capital loss) and purchase AQN?

Q: Afternoon, do you know if any of the brokerages that took the share offering of Aug 15 have sold any of those shares?Is there any significance in that the share price is below the offering price of those shares?
Thanks a million

Q: Hello,
Could you please briefly list what you like and don’t like about these for income and preservation of capital? What’s your favourite utility? Thanks

Q: Hi Everyone at 5i!!!! I have a TFSA with a goodly amount of Tech stocks, Shop. Light speed , unity software, Crowdstrike NVDA etc… most of which are in the tank. So my thinking is to just hang on for five plus years in hopes of recovery. I see no sense in selling because the realized losses would cause severe heartburn. The TFSA also has half of its value in divided paying stocks .. banks , Fortis,.. etc. So now my question… would you suggest I reinvest the dividends in the beaten up tech stocks in anticipation of a comeback or reinvest the dividends into their source stocks. I am newly retired but don’t need the money and hopefully not for quite a while . Cheers, Tamara

Q: AMT has been beaten down badly. I have some funds in US $ that I thought I should put to work. This should be fairly recession resilient but will sharply higher interest rates hurt this company when they have any of their substantial debt coming up for renewal? I am never sure what drags down the value of utilities, telcos, reits, etc when interest rates go up. Is it the fact that TINA is no longer true or is it the big debt loads become too big when they have to be renewed at higher rates? Or is it a combo of the two? AMT has not had a particularly high dividend at least recently so I am not sure the TINA effect applies in this situation. What is your take?

Q: i do not own birchcliff preferring other names but i am curious after announcing a special divvy of 20 cents per share, increasing their cap ex and confirming the 60 cents annual divvy starting in january the stock is getting hammered-is this because the markets prefer stock buybacks over
divvys paying down debt especially in relation to oil and gas names. dave

Q: Recommendation for best Canadian dividend ETF for long term hold

Q: I'm in the process of building a dividend portfolio. Should I have both or on these stocks. Leaning towards Enbridge if only one. Planning on have a diversified portfolio of 10 stocks .

Q: About 10 days ago, I read that AQN was selling 49% of 3 US wind farms and an 80% stake in a Canadian wind farm. Doesn't this dilute the company's objective of being a renewable energy firm? Did it make a lot of money from the sale, was it a loss or can you shed any light on the sale? The share price has dropped about 25% in the past 2 months and the dividend in now comparable to the dividend of ENB. AQN is projected to increase its dividend another 6% at the end of 2022. Does any of the above or other factors, such as payout ratio, etc. significantly affect the risk profile of the dividend payout ?
Thanks a lot for your views. It is amazing to me that you can provide very reasonable perspectives on such a wide range of stocks and topics.

Q: Please comment in more detail about the 25% drop in share price in the past month, the massive debt load at over 3x total equity - to increase I assume with recent acquisitions, and on what appears to be a major revaluation by the market. In your last report on BEP.UN (July/21) you stated the 12.4x forward sales multiple (at the time) was the lowest since 2019. Currently BEPC appears to be trading at less than 2x sales.

Q: In this time of rising interest rates , do you think one should hold on to EMA and FTS for the longer term or should I sell if you think they may tank a lot more?

Q: Two months ago I sold AQN to harvest a loss and reinvested in ACO.X which has slumped ( like the market, like the sector). I'm now looking at the AQN yield and wondering whether taking a loss in ACO and re-buying AQN is a good move. I can use the losses but its not urgent. Your thoughts please? thanks. Al

Q: why the downward trend for both. any concerns. would you add to a small position