TC’s dividend hikes are still on tap

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TC ENERGY CORP. $55 is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 923.6 million; Market cap: $50.8 billion; Dividend yield: 5.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.tcenergy.com) has stopped work on the Keystone XL pipeline after newly installed U.S. President Joe Biden revoked the project’s permit. TC now expects to record a “substantive,” mostly non-cash writedown in the first quarter of 2021. However, the extra cash flow from TC’s other new projects will still let it fulfill its commitment to raise your annual dividend by 8% to 10% in 2021, and by 5% to 7% for 2022 and subsequent years. The current annual rate of $3.24 a share yields a high 5.9%. TC Energy is a buy. buy…