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. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be given 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 4.38%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 30th. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

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

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The pipeline company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.02. The pipeline company earned $3.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.42 billion. Kinder Morgan had a negative net margin of 1.82% and a positive return on equity of 5.07%. The company's revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kinder Morgan's shares. Their predictions range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Kinder Morgan's stock price to reach $21.0113 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% 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 decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 35,365,854 shares, a decrease of 23.4% from the July 31st total of 46,170,287 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,427,930 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.9% 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 (TRP), National Grid (NGG), Williams Companies (WMB), Energy Transfer Equity LP Unit (ETE), Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Partners (WES), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK), EQT GP (EQGP) and DCP Midstream (DCP).

Press coverage about KMI stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the pipeline company an impact score of 46.57 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 investors include Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1.02%), Northern Trust Corp (0.95%), Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (0.83%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.70%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%). 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 $18.26.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $39.84 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]