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 given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.72%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 30th. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

Kinder Morgan declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 4.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The pipeline company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting 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 return on equity of 5.51% and a net margin of 0.78%. Kinder Morgan's revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last 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.

18 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Kinder Morgan's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Kinder Morgan's share price to reach $20.7823 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kinder Morgan.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kinder Morgan in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 15 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 positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the pipeline company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Kinder Morgan saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 49,483,097 shares, an increase of 11.6% from the October 15th total of 44,340,938 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,178,069 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 2.6% 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), 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), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), DCP Midstream (DCP), Antero Midstream Partners (AM) and EQT GP (EQGP).

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Franklin Resources Inc. (2.36%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (0.96%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%), Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (0.82%), First Pacific Advisors LP (0.73%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.69%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Jennison Associates LLC, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY and Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd.. 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 $16.96.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $38.43 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]