NYSE:KMI - Kinder Morgan Stock Price, Price Target & More

Kinder Morgan trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KMI."

Kinder Morgan declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 30th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 27th. This is a positive change from Kinder Morgan's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

Kinder Morgan announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, July 20th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 4.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 18th. The pipeline company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.01. The pipeline company had revenue of $3.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.56 billion. Kinder Morgan had a return on equity of 4.57% and a net margin of 1.95%. The business's revenue was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.17 EPS. View Kinder Morgan's Earnings History.

Kinder Morgan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kinder Morgan.

19 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kinder Morgan's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Kinder Morgan's stock price to reach $20.9447 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Kinder Morgan.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kinder Morgan in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Kinder Morgan saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 33,191,873 shares, a decline of 23.0% from the June 15th total of 43,125,271 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,806,518 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Kinder Morgan's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kinder Morgan include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Williams Partners (WPZ), TC PIPELINES LP Common Stock (TRP), National Grid (NGG), Williams Companies (WMB), Energy Transfer Equity LP Unit (ETE), Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), Western Gas Partners (WES), EQT GP (EQGP), DCP Midstream (DCP), Antero Midstream Partners (AM) and EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK).

Press coverage about KMI stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a news sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the pipeline company an impact score of 46.01 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.26%), Viking Fund Management LLC (0.06%), Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.05%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.03%) and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.03%). Company insiders that own Kinder Morgan stock include Dax Sanders, Fayez Sarofim, Richard D Kinder, Thomas A Martin and William A Smith. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kinder Morgan.

KMI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Acropolis Investment Management LLC and Founders Capital Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kinder Morgan.

KMI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Spirit of America Management Corp NY, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Calamos Advisors LLC, Alethea Capital Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and DnB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have bought Kinder Morgan stock in the last two years include Dax Sanders, Fayez Sarofim, Richard D Kinder, Thomas A Martin and William A Smith. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kinder Morgan.

Shares of KMI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KMI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.69.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $39.27 billion and generates $13.71 billion in revenue each year. The pipeline company earns $183 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.66 on an earnings per share basis. Kinder Morgan employs 10,897 workers across the globe.

Kinder Morgan's mailing address is 1001 LOUISIANA STREET SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX, 77002. The pipeline company can be reached via phone at 713-369-9000 or via email at [email protected]