If I could only choose one company for yield, would it be this?
You could do worse.
Inergy is in the recovery phase after a roller coaster ride due to propane prices.
They are in the process of divesting their propane ops to Suburban Propane. That will leave them as a pure play midstream company. They own the incentive distribution rights and about 75% of NRGM plus some assets at NRGY level.
Long term this is shaping up to be a nice distribution growth story..but first, they have to see if they can complete the SPH deal which looks like it is struggling...
So, I should wait? How long...
A word of caution: Think about the fact that the same management is in place. They didn't do so well with the the propane business.
True. But we really don't know if this mgmt inherited the problem or not. My guess is that they have been with it for a long time and for whatever reason, it wasn't working out.
I'm willing to see what strategy they come up with and then go from there.
hikris
Propane demand dried up. When you lose your market, it's tough. Management didn't do too badly given the situation.
Look at market history, nothing goes straight up or down, it fluctuates each year. (Currently approx 1280-1400 S&P)
Its an election year- will "probably" be stronger after the summer doldrums.
You sound very sensible, but will they ever let the market correct again beyond 5 or 10%?
I guess I should get my list together. Thank you.
IMHO NRGY is a speculative stock at this point. I took a position for the simple reason that they were getting rid of the propane business which was not working out for them. This leaves them in almost a cash position.
If they expand their NG operations they could pick up some good pipelines or storage sites cheap because NG is now at a historic low.
I'm expecting for them to spell out their future plans sooner or later. As for their keeping the going yield: very iffy.
Good luck.
IMHO NRGY is a speculative stock at this point. I took a position for the simple reason that they were getting rid of the propane business which was not working out for them. This leaves them in almost a cash position.
If they expand their NG operations they could pick up some good pipelines or storage sites cheap because NG is now at a historic low.
I'm expecting for them to spell out their future plans sooner or later. As for their keeping the going yield: very iffy.
Good luck.