Enbridge adds more top assets

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Enbridge has just completed the acquisition of three U.S. natural gas utilities from Dominion Energy. Big purchases like these add risk, but rate-regulated businesses generate predictable cash flows, which the company can use to pay down the debt it takes on to fund their purchase. Moreover, the improved cash flow will let it keep raising your dividend. ENBRIDGE, $57.91 is a buy. The firm (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 2.2 billion; Market cap: $126.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.3%; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada eastward as well as to the U.S. Its network transports 30% of the crude oil produced in North America, and 20% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. Enbridge’s distributable cash flow (DCF) in the quarter ended September 30, 2024, rose 0.9%, to $2.60 billion from $2.57 billion a year earlier. Due to the extra shares outstanding, DCF per share fell 5.6%, to $1.19 from $1.26. The company now expects its…