TC Energy moves beyond Keystone setback

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New U.S. president Joe Biden recently cancelled TC Energy’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline project. Despite that setback, the company’s future remains bright. It continues to work on other projects, and the expected cash flow from those new operations will let it increase your dividend by 5% to 7% annually. The stock is also attractive in relation to its projected earnings and cash flow. TC ENERGY CORP. $58 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 940.0 million; Market cap: $54.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.4; Dividend yield: 6.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.tcenergy.com) owns 93,300 kilometres of natural gas pipelines in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. These gas pipelines account for about 77% of TC Energy’s earnings. A further 20% of the total comes from the company’s 4,900 kilometres of oil pipelines. TC also owns or invests in power plants. Those operations supply the remaining 3%. In 2016, TC bought Texas-based Columbia Pipeline Group for $13.0 billion…