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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.58%. View Kinder Morgan's Dividend History.

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

Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The pipeline company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21. The pipeline company had revenue of $3.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.57 billion. Kinder Morgan had a net margin of 0.78% and a return on equity of 5.51%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices 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 $21.0131 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.3% 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, 17 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kinder Morgan.

Media headlines about KMI stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kinder Morgan earned a news impact score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the pipeline company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Kinder Morgan saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 53,726,662 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the December 14th total of 44,641,018 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,637,806 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's 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 LP Unit (ET), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Partners (WES), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQGP (EQGP), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), DCP Midstream (DCP) and EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK).

Kinder Morgan's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.25%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.12%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.10%), Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (0.08%), Endurance Wealth Management Inc. (0.07%) and Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.05%). 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, North Star Investment Management Corp., Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, IMA Wealth Inc. and Private Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kinder Morgan.

KMI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chickasaw Capital Management LLC, Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Verity & Verity LLC, Reitz Capital Advisors LLC, Beacon Financial Group, Legacy Advisors LLC and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC. 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 $17.47.

Kinder Morgan has a market capitalization of $38.01 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]