Count on Enbridge’s dividend growth

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Enbridge’s new projects, combined with improving oil and gas prices, should help boost its share price. The stock remains down from $55 in February 2020. That was before the pandemic and the drop in oil prices. Moreover, 98% of the company’s revenue comes from regulated projects or take-or-pay contracts. That helps shield Enbridge from volatile oil prices and has let it raise your annual dividend rate each year for the past 26 years. The recent cancellation of TC Energy’s Keystone XL pipeline also strengthens the power of the company’s new Line 3 pipeline to fuel future dividend hikes. ENBRIDGE INC. $45 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ENB; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares o/s: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $90.0 billion; Dividend yield: 7.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines pumping oil and natural gas from western to eastern Canada and the U.S. It also distributes gas to 3.8 million consumers in Ontario and Quebec. With the March 2021 payment, Enbridge increased its quarterly dividend…