TransCanada beats expectations in Q2 despite falling profits

TransCanada Corp. reports second-quarter profits fell by 11 per cent as the pipeline operator also announced it would sell wind power assets in Quebec for some $630 million.

Net income attributable to common shareholders amounted to $785 million, or 88 cents per share, down from $881 million, or $1.01 per share during the same period in 2017.

The most recent quarter included an $11 million after-tax loss related to the winding down of U.S. Northeast power marketing contracts.

Revenue totalled $3.2 billion, largely in line with last year.

Excluding that impact and adjusting for other items, earnings amounted to 86 cents per share, up from 76 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.

That beat analysts' expectations for adjusted earnings of 75 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon, as 2018 results included projects that recently entered service and the positive impact of U.S. tax reform.

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