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INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY $10.27 – Toronto symbol INE

INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY $10.27 (Toronto symbol INE; Shares outstanding: 81.3 million; Market cap: $835.8 million; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield 5.7%; www.innergex.com) owns and operates 25 hydroelectric and wind power facilities in Quebec, Ontario, B.C. and Idaho.

Innergex gets about 80% of its power from hydroelectric plants. Wind farms supply the remaining 20%. Wind power is heavily reliant on politically sensitive government subsidies. To cut its risk, Innergex makes sure it has firm long-term power-purchase contracts in place before it makes acquisitions or starts building new plants.

In April 2011, Innergex bought Cloudworks Energy for $187 million. That added stakes in six operating hydroelectric plants in B.C. and other projects that are still under development.

Innergex aims to keep increasing its hydroelectric and wind power capacity; the company is developing or building 10 projects right now, and will start up its first solar power facility later this year.

Before one-time items, Innergex’s earnings per share rose to $0.13 in the three months ended September 30, 2011, from $0.05 a year earlier. Cash flow per share rose 33.3%, to $0.32 from $0.24. Cloudworks’ contribution was the main reason for the gains.

Innergex trades at 7.9 times its forecast 2012 cash flow of $1.30 a share. It yields 5.7%.

Innergex Renewable Energy is a buy.

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