Contributors at Motley Fool Canada (including myself) cooked up a list of 16 top stocks for November 2019. I further reduced it to 5 top stocks that I like not just for this month but for the long term as well.
Four of the 5 stocks pay a dividend, including 3 dividend stocks that offer juicy but safe yields of up to 6.1%. Without further ado, the 5 top stocks are Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B), Enbridge (TSX:ENB)(NYSE:ENB), Pembina Pipeline (TSX:PPL)(NYSE:PBA), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:SRU.UN), and Spin Master (TSX:TOY).
Enbridge and Pembina are both energy infrastructure companies, but Enbridge is markedly larger with an enterprise value of almost CAD$174 billion compared to Pembina’s more than CAD$34 billion. The rest of the stocks are in different spaces and together handily make a pretty diversified and quality portfolio.
Alimentation Couche-Tard for long-term growth
Couche-Tard just had a stock split recently. The growth stock has simply been taking a breather and consolidating after running up more than 50% from early 2018.
Couche-Tard is an exemplary M&A growth story. It has successfully acquired about 10,200 stores across 60 deals since 2004. In the period, the stock delivered total returns of 21% per year!
The company only yields 0.6%, but its payout has shot up at a rocket pace — over 8 years, its dividend has increased at a compound annual growth rate of 27.8%! Its last dividend hike in fiscal Q3 was 25%!
Going forward, as Couche-Tard has matured and heading into its 40th year next year, it’ll be shifting its growth focus from 70% acquisitions and 30% organic in the past to 50% from each. Management still sees growth by acquisition opportunities in the fragmented fuel and convenience industry.
Today, at $39 and change per share, the stock trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 18.5, which implies a decent PEG ratio of about 1.6 based on the estimated earnings growth of 10.6-12.3% per year over the next 3-5 years.
Enbridge offers a safe 6.1% yield and stable growth
Enbridge has worked hard and come a long way after taking on too much debt to acquire Spectra Energy in 2017 and selling off non-core assets to reduce the debt levels.
The stock was also depressed by delays in the Line 3 Replacement project. That said, if Enbridge successfully places the Canadian portion of the project into service as it plans to for this quarter, the stock should shoot up much higher by year end.
ENB Dividend Yield (TTM) data by YCharts
Assuming a fair yield of 4.5%, the stock should trade at CAD$65.60 per share. First, the stock needs to break above the CAD$50 resistance, though.
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