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, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 29th. This is a boost from Kinder Morgan's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

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

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 17th. The pipeline company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.25. The pipeline company had revenue of $3.43 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.63 billion. Kinder Morgan had a net margin of 11.59% and a return on equity of 6.13%. Kinder Morgan's revenue was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.22 EPS. View Kinder Morgan's Earnings History.

Kinder Morgan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kinder Morgan.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Kinder Morgan's stock. Their predictions range from $20.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Kinder Morgan's stock price to reach $21.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kinder Morgan.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kinder Morgan in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kinder Morgan.

Media stories about KMI stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a news sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the pipeline company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Kinder Morgan saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 50,951,089 shares, a decline of 10.3% from the March 29th total of 56,829,716 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,705,319 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Kinder Morgan's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kinder Morgan include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Tc Pipelines (TRP), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), National Grid (NGG), Williams Companies (WMB), Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), EQGP (EQGP), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM) and DCP Midstream (DCP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kinder Morgan investors own include AT&T (t), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Intel (INTC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (0.29%), Eagle Global Advisors LLC (0.26%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.26%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.15%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.10%) and Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.09%). Company insiders that own Kinder Morgan stock include Dax Sanders, Deborah Macdonald, John W Schlosser, 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 Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Eagle Global Advisors LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Viking Fund Management LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Country Trust Bank, Private Asset Management Inc. and Creative Planning. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kinder Morgan.

KMI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chickasaw Capital Management LLC, Sabal Trust CO, Barometer Capital Management Inc., Avalon Advisors LLC, Ronna Sue Cohen, Menlo Advisors LLC, Benson Investment Management Company Inc. and Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Kinder Morgan stock in the last two years include Dax Sanders, Deborah Macdonald, 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 $19.97.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $44.06 billion and generates $14.14 billion in revenue each year. The pipeline company earns $1.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.89 on an earnings per share basis. Kinder Morgan employs 11,012 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kinder Morgan is http://www.kindermorgan.com.

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]