New projects will fuel your dividends

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These two pipeline firms continue to add new projects backed by long-term shipping contracts. Those steady cash flows will let them reward investors with higher dividends. PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP. $57 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 580.6 million; Market cap: $33.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pembina.com) operates pipelines that carry half of Alberta’s conventional oil and almost all of B.C.’s oil. The company has paid dividends continuously since 1997. With the June 2024 payment, your quarterly dividend increased by 3.4%, to $0.69 a share from $0.6675. The annual rate of $2.76 yields a high 4.8%. Pembina’s net revenue in the fourth quarter of 2024 rose 21.1%, to $1.38 billion from $1.14 billion a year earlier. Cash flow also increased 23.4%, to $922 million from $747 million; cash flow per share rose 16.9%, to $1.59 from $1.36, on more shares outstanding. The company now owns 60% of Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. (PGI); private equity…