TC focuses on paying debt

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TC ENERGY INC., $62.90, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $65.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.1%; tcenergy.com) generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,600-kilometre pipeline network. Its other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and seven power plants. TC has agreed to sell a 5.34% stake in its NGTL System and Foothills Pipeline for $1 billion. These assets gather and pump natural gas from producers in Alberta and B.C. to markets in central Canada and parts of the U.S. The sale is part of TC’s plan to sell $3 billion of its sell assets to pay down its debt of $49.15 billion. That’s equal to 75% of its $65.3 billion market cap. So far, the company has sold (or agreed to sell) $2.6 billion of assets. TC Energy is still a buy. buy…