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, July 18th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.50%. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

Kinder Morgan announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, July 20th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 4.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 17th. The pipeline company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 1.95% and a return on equity of 4.57%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.14 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Kinder Morgan's shares. Their predictions range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Kinder Morgan's share price to reach $20.9447 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% 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 drop in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 33,191,873 shares, a drop of 23.0% from the June 15th total of 43,125,271 shares. Based on an average daily 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 stock 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).

News stories about KMI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the pipeline company an impact score of 45.56 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by a number of 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 bought 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, Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, Calamos Advisors LLC, Alethea Capital Management LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $17.78.

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]