Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Fortis offers comparatively visible regulated-utility growth through its C$28.8 billion 2026-2030 capital plan, targeted 7% rate-base CAGR, and 4%-6% dividend-growth guidance. First-half 2026 capital deployment remained consistent with the annual plan, while approval of Tilbury Phase 1B and identified transmission opportunities provide potential upside beyond the current plan. These merits are balanced by project execution, regulatory, financing-cost, foreign-exchange, and equity-dilution risks.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets2 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$50.00
Mean target$55.00
High · most bullish analyst$60.00
Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$50.0020%

Permitting or construction delays, capital-cost pressure, regulatory lag, higher holding-company financing costs, adverse foreign exchange, or continued share issuance cause rate-base and per-share growth to fall below plan. Dividend growth consequently falls below the lower end of guidance.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$55.0055%
Matches the consensus mean

Fortis substantially executes its C$28.8 billion 2026-2030 plan, increases midyear rate base from C$42.4 billion in 2025 to approximately C$57.9 billion in 2030, and maintains annual dividend growth within the guided 4%-6% range.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$60.0025%

Tilbury Phase 1B, additional U.S. transmission investment, grid-resiliency projects, and accelerating load growth expand the next capital plan beyond its current C$28.8 billion base. Timely regulatory recovery and disciplined execution sustain rate-base growth above the current 7% target and support dividend growth near the upper end of the 4%-6% range.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • A 100% regulated portfolio and geographically diversified utility platform support comparatively predictable investment recovery and cash-flow growth.
  • The current plan targets 7% rate-base CAGR through 2030, while Tilbury Phase 1B and U.S. transmission, resiliency, and load-growth investments provide identifiable upside beyond the plan.
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Key Investment Risks
  • The outlook depends on successful capital-plan execution, regulatory and permitting outcomes, adequate labor, financing availability, and avoidance of material project-cost overruns.
  • Higher financing costs, foreign-exchange movements, regulatory lag, asset dispositions, and additional common shares can dilute otherwise positive utility earnings growth on a per-share basis.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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