Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.270-1.270 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.280. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Kinder Morgan Trading Down 1.0 %

NYSE KMI opened at $26.95 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $26.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.39 and a current ratio of 0.49. Kinder Morgan has a twelve month low of $17.66 and a twelve month high of $31.48. The stock has a market cap of $59.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.72.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The pipeline company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34. The business had revenue of $4.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.02 billion. Kinder Morgan had a return on equity of 8.09% and a net margin of 17.31%. Equities analysts anticipate that Kinder Morgan will post 1.25 EPS for the current year.

Kinder Morgan Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a $0.2875 dividend. This represents a $1.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. Kinder Morgan’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 98.29%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $25.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Barclays raised shares of Kinder Morgan from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $31.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Kinder Morgan from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Mizuho upped their target price on Kinder Morgan from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Kinder Morgan from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Seven investment 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat, Kinder Morgan currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $29.64.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Kinder Morgan news, President Thomas A. Martin sold 18,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.70, for a total transaction of $498,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president now directly owns 843,652 shares in the company, valued at $23,369,160.40. This represents a 2.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP John W. Schlosser sold 75,461 shares of Kinder Morgan stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.65, for a total value of $2,011,035.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now owns 220,681 shares in the company, valued at $5,881,148.65. The trade was a 25.48 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 129,461 shares of company stock valued at $3,506,116 over the last 90 days. 12.64% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Kinder Morgan

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Kinder Morgan stock. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 11,253 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $308,000. Institutional investors own 62.52% of the company’s stock.

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.