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, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.95%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 30th. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

Kinder Morgan declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, July 20th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 4.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The pipeline company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21. The pipeline company had revenue of $3.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.57 billion. Kinder Morgan had a net margin of 0.78% and a return on equity of 5.51%. Kinder Morgan's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.15 EPS. View Kinder Morgan's Earnings History.

Kinder Morgan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kinder Morgan.

19 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Kinder Morgan's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Kinder Morgan's stock price to reach $21.0131 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kinder Morgan.

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

News headlines about KMI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a news impact score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the pipeline company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Kinder Morgan saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 39,892,543 shares, a decrease of 19.4% from the October 31st total of 49,483,097 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,115,284 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares 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), National Grid (NGG), Williams Companies (WMB), Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), ENERGY TRANSFER/UT LTD PARTN INT (ET), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Partners (WES), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), EQGP (EQGP), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), Antero Midstream Partners (AM) and DCP Midstream (DCP).

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.62%), Vanguard Group Inc (6.62%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.36%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (0.96%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (0.84%). Company insiders that own Kinder Morgan stock include Dax Sanders, 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 Capital International Investors, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC and Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kinder Morgan.

KMI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Clearbridge Investments LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Vanguard Group Inc and Vanguard Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Kinder Morgan stock in the last two years include Dax Sanders, 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 $16.17.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $36.20 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.

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]