This dividend still looks safe

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PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP. $38 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 550.4 million; Market cap: $20.9 billion; Dividend yield: 6.6%; 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. Investors also gain exposure to facilities that extract, process and store natural gas. The company has paid dividends since 1998. It last increased your monthly payment by 5.0% with the January 2020 payment, to $0.21 a share from $0.20. The new annual rate of $2.52 yields a high 6.6%. In 2022, Pembina expects its cash flow will more than cover its dividend payments of $1.5 billion and capital spending of $655 million. In fact, the company will use the projected $200 million in excess cash flow to buy back about 1% of its outstanding shares. Pembina Pipeline is a buy. buy…