Q4 EPS Estimates for Kinder Morgan Reduced by Analyst

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) – Investment analysts at US Capital Advisors reduced their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Kinder Morgan in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, May 20th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the pipeline company will earn $0.31 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.32. The consensus estimate for Kinder Morgan’s current full-year earnings is $1.25 per share.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 16th. The pipeline company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.34. Kinder Morgan had a net margin of 17.31% and a return on equity of 8.09%. The firm had revenue of $4.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.02 billion.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Kinder Morgan from $25.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Kinder Morgan in a report on Monday, May 5th. Citigroup raised their target price on Kinder Morgan from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Kinder Morgan from $34.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Kinder Morgan presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $29.79.

Kinder Morgan Trading Down 1.8%

Shares of NYSE:KMI opened at $27.47 on Thursday. Kinder Morgan has a 1-year low of $18.83 and a 1-year high of $31.48. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $27.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $27.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $61.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.48, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.39 and a current ratio of 0.49.

Institutional Trading of Kinder Morgan

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Sierra Ocean LLC increased its holdings in Kinder Morgan by 927.1% in the 1st quarter. Sierra Ocean LLC now owns 873 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 788 shares in the last quarter. Hurley Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Centricity Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Kinder Morgan in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC bought a new position in Kinder Morgan in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Finally, Morse Asset Management Inc acquired a new stake in Kinder Morgan during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Institutional investors own 62.52% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Kinder Morgan

In related news, President Thomas A. Martin sold 18,000 shares of Kinder Morgan stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.75, for a total transaction of $517,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president now directly owns 807,652 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $23,219,995. This trade represents a 2.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders sold a total of 54,000 shares of company stock worth $1,492,740 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 12.73% of the company’s stock.

Kinder Morgan Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 30th were given a dividend of $0.2925 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 30th. This is an increase from Kinder Morgan’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $1.17 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.26%. Kinder Morgan’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 100.86%.

About Kinder Morgan

Kinder Morgan, Inc operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in North America. The company operates through Natural Gas Pipelines, Products Pipelines, Terminals, and CO2 segments. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment owns and operates interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline, and storage systems; natural gas gathering systems and natural gas processing and treating facilities; natural gas liquids fractionation facilities and transportation systems; and liquefied natural gas gasification, liquefaction, and storage facilities.