AltaGas (ALA.TO)
Energy · TSX · Canada
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
AltaGas trades at C$55.46, which is 48% above the C$28.74 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 30 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 32.7 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About AltaGas
AltaGas Ltd. operates as an energy infrastructure company in North America. It operates through the Utilities and Midstream segments. The Utilities segment owns and operates franchised, cost-of-service, and rate-regulated natural gas distribution and storage utilities for residential and commercial customers. This segment also offers storage facilities and contracts for interstate natural gas transportation and storage services, as well as natural gas and electricity directly to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. The Midstream segment is involved in the operation of two liquified petroleum gas export terminals; natural gas gathering, processing, and extraction; and fractionation and liquids handling; and natural gas and natural gas liquids marketing business, domestic logistics, trucking and rail terminals, and liquid and natural gas storage capability. In addition, the company operates gas-fired power generation and distribution assets with a generating capacity of 508 megawatts of power in California. AltaGas Ltd. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
ALA.TO passes 2 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is AltaGas (ALA.TO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of C$28.74, ALA.TO at C$55.46 is 48% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is ALA.TO's P/E ratio?
ALA.TO trades at 32.7 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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