Income and gains from growing pipelines

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Pembina Pipeline and Veresen both trade at high multiples to their cash flow per share. But both have strong growth prospects, as well as high dividend yields. We think they have further gains ahead. PEMBINA PIPELINE $39.96 (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 320.0 million; Market cap: $12.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Div. yield: 4.2%; www.pembina.com) owns pipelines that carry half of Alberta’s conventional oil, 30% of Western Canada’s natural gas liquids (NGLs) and almost all of B.C.’s conventional oil. Pembina also bought rival Provident Energy in 2012 for $3.2 billion, and that’s now paying off. Provident extracts, transports and stores natural gas liquids (NGLs). In the quarter ended December 31, 2013, Pembina’s cash flow jumped 39.6%, to $194.0 million from $139.0 million a year earlier. Cash flow per share gained 29.2%, to $0.62 from $0.48, on more shares outstanding. The gains came from strong profit margins at Provident Energy, as well as pipeline expansions. Pembina plans $1.5 billion of capital…