Risk factor
Negligible price volatility
Profitability factor
Decent dividends
About
AltaGas Ltd., founded in Calgary, Canada, in 1994, operates as a prominent energy infrastructure enterprise across North America. The company's business is structured into two main divisions: Utilities and Midstream. Its Utilities segment oversees and manages regulated natural gas distribution and storage networks throughout Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the District of Columbia, providing service to approximately 1.7 million customers. This division also facilitates interstate natural gas transportation and storage. The Midstream segment focuses on natural gas gathering and extraction, featuring an extraction processing capability of 1.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) and a raw field gas processing capacity of approximately 1.2 Bcf/d. Furthermore, it engages in fractionation, liquid handling, and the marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids. This segment's operations also extend to LPG exports and distribution, logistics, trucking and rail terminal management, and liquid storage. Additionally, AltaGas controls gas-fired power generation and distribution facilities in California and Colorado, boasting a combined generating capacity of 578 MW. The company caters to residential, commercial, and industrial clients, primarily concentrated in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is slightly overvalued relative to its peers. In particular, the stock is reasonably priced on P/E, 'expensive'
Target Price
The average target price of ALA.TO is 62.7 and suggests 11.7% upside potential. Usually, this means a HOLD recommendation among investment firms. This neutral recommendat