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

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

Kinder Morgan Trading Up 2.8 %

NYSE:KMI opened at $28.08 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $62.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.00, a PEG ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a quick ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $28.00 and its 200-day moving average price is $24.62. Kinder Morgan has a 52 week low of $16.47 and a 52 week high of $31.48.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The pipeline company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.33 by ($0.01). Kinder Morgan had a net margin of 17.31% and a return on equity of 8.09%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Kinder Morgan will post 1.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Kinder Morgan Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.2875 per share. This represents a $1.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.10%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 3rd. Kinder Morgan’s payout ratio is presently 98.29%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on KMI. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Bank of America began coverage on Kinder Morgan in a report on Thursday, October 17th. They set a “buy” rating and a $27.00 price target on the stock. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Kinder Morgan from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Scotiabank initiated coverage on Kinder Morgan in a report on Friday, January 10th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $26.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price target on Kinder Morgan from $25.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $29.14.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kinder Morgan

In related news, Director Amy W. Chronis purchased 2,241 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 5th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $24.89 per share, with a total value of $55,778.49. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 23,995 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $597,235.55. The trade was a 10.30 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, President Thomas A. Martin sold 19,121 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.28, for a total transaction of $502,499.88. Following the completion of the sale, the president now directly owns 897,652 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,590,294.56. The trade was a 2.09 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 55,121 shares of company stock worth $1,497,000 over the last 90 days. 12.64% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.