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 given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 30th. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

Kinder Morgan announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, July 20th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 4.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The pipeline company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.02. The pipeline company had revenue of $3.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.42 billion. Kinder Morgan had a negative net margin of 1.82% and a positive return on equity of 5.03%. The firm's revenue was up 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.14 earnings per share. View Kinder Morgan's Earnings History.

20 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Kinder Morgan's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Kinder Morgan's share price to reach $20.8780 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

Kinder Morgan saw a drop in short interest during the month of 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 short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), 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 recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a daily sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the pipeline company an impact score of 46.78 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.26%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.13%), Viking Fund Management LLC (0.06%), Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.05%), Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc. (0.05%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%). 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, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Stralem & Co. Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kinder Morgan.

KMI stock was acquired 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, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Consolidated Investment Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE and Calamos Advisors 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 $17.69.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $39.22 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]