NYSE:KMI - Kinder Morgan Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Kinder Morgan announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 30th. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

Kinder Morgan declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 4.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The pipeline company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.02. The pipeline company earned $3.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.42 billion. Kinder Morgan had a negative net margin of 1.82% and a positive return on equity of 5.07%. Kinder Morgan's revenue was up 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.14 earnings per share. View Kinder Morgan's Earnings History.

Kinder Morgan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kinder Morgan.

20 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Kinder Morgan's shares. Their predictions range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Kinder Morgan's stock price to reach $21.0113 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kinder Morgan.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kinder Morgan in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kinder Morgan.

Kinder Morgan saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 46,170,287 shares, an increase of 37.2% from the July 13th total of 33,663,856 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,913,804 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Kinder Morgan's Current Options Chain.

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News articles about KMI stock have been trending positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.28 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the pipeline company an impact score of 48.98 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Kinder Morgan.

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1.02%), Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (0.83%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.70%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.50%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.45%). 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., Nokota Management LP, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Stevens Capital Management LP, First Trust Advisors LP, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC and Cortland Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kinder Morgan.

KMI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Millennium Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Eagle Global Advisors LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC and Luminus Management LLC. 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 $17.95.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $40.08 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]