We strive to create monthly income by investing with several strategies. One long-term play for our monthly dividend stock portfolio is Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund (CEN). While the energy sector has been soft in the past year, this has brought the energy stock prices down with it. This stock has a great monthly dividend with some significant price upside too.
This CEF trades around $7.80, which is close to the NAV. The big win is you get a 16% dividend with monthly distributions. This means you get all of your capital back in 4.5 years and still own the stock. According to Yahoo Finance, analyst have a 12-month price target of $17 on this stock. This is an increase of 118% on price alone. Therefore, your total return is projected to be 117% plus 16% dividend that equals 134%!
You should not fear the talk of return of capital. A distribution received from the Fund’s investments in MLPs generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund’s dividend distribution policy is intended to provide monthly distributions to its common shareholders at a rate that over time is similar to the distribution rate the Fund receives from the MLPs in which it invests, without offset for the expenses of the Fund.
The Fund seeks a high level of total return with an emphasis on distributions to shareholders through investing in MLPs and energy infrastructure companies. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its Managed Assets in securities of MLPs and energy infrastructure companies. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its Managed Assets in unregistered or restricted securities, including securities issued by private companies. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its Managed Assets in securities of issuers located outside of North America.
Regardless of the recent market swings, our outlook for the asset class remains favorable. To start, the corporate and financing maturation process that has contributed to sector-specific price volatility over the last several quarters appears to be largely behind us. Since the beginning of 2018 there have been over 15 simplification transactions resulting in generally healthier, lower risk companies in the sector, lower financial leverage, better distribution coverage, self-funding of capital expenditure and improved governance. This leaves us with less than 10% of the current market cap in structures with legacy corporate structures. In addition, public equity issuance is expected to significantly decrease, due to the transition to self-funding business models, reducing sector reliance on external equity capital markets. Sector fundamentals also remain robust as the energy industry set new records for production and transportation of U.S. hydrocarbons in 2018. The U.S. grew crude oil production by almost 20% in 2018 and is now the largest oil-producing country in the world—recently surpassing both Russia and Saudi Arabia—with output at 11.7 million barrels per day (MMb/d). Natural gas production is also at an all-time high after growing approximately 15% in 2018. Moreover, exports of U.S. crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) hit record levels in 2018 and together grew by approximately 40% in 2018. We expect exports of U.S. hydrocarbons to continue to grow and expect that new projects will further add to our nation’s export capacity. One study estimates there will be almost $800 billion of new energy infrastructure investment through 2035 – with much of it expected to be centered around export activity on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Our optimism is somewhat blunted by geopolitical risks globally, and in particular, the worsening trade relationship between the U.S. and China.
At Get Rich Investments, this is the type of opportunities we want to create long-term passive income. I am a buyer here and you should consider adding this one to your income portfolio. We always have a diversified group of monthly dividend stocks to minimize market risk.
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