Analysts Issue Forecasts for Kinder Morgan FY2025 Earnings

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) – Equities research analysts at US Capital Advisors decreased their FY2025 EPS estimates for Kinder Morgan in a research note issued on Tuesday, November 25th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now anticipates that the pipeline company will post earnings of $1.24 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $1.26. The consensus estimate for Kinder Morgan’s current full-year earnings is $1.25 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Kinder Morgan’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.34 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.24 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.34 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Scotiabank decreased their price target on Kinder Morgan from $28.00 to $27.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, September 19th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Kinder Morgan from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Kinder Morgan in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Mizuho dropped their price target on Kinder Morgan from $32.00 to $31.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 14th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Kinder Morgan currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $31.33.

Kinder Morgan Stock Up 0.8%

KMI opened at $27.16 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $60.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.63. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $27.12 and its 200 day moving average is $27.41. Kinder Morgan has a fifty-two week low of $23.94 and a fifty-two week high of $31.48.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 22nd. The pipeline company reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.29. The firm had revenue of $4.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.98 billion. Kinder Morgan had a net margin of 16.61% and a return on equity of 8.57%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.25 earnings per share. Kinder Morgan has set its FY 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.270 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Kinder Morgan

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA bought a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Cranbrook Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Kinder Morgan by 116.1% in the second quarter. Cranbrook Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,046 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 562 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new position in Kinder Morgan during the third quarter worth $32,000. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC bought a new position in Kinder Morgan during the second quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, CoreFirst Bank & Trust bought a new position in Kinder Morgan during the second quarter valued at $35,000. 62.52% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kinder Morgan

In other news, VP John W. Schlosser sold 6,166 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.17, for a total transaction of $173,696.22. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 219,702 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,189,005.34. This represents a 2.73% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Chairman Richard D. Kinder purchased 1,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 27th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $25.96 per share, with a total value of $25,960,000.00. Following the acquisition, the chairman owned 246,212,353 shares in the company, valued at $6,391,672,683.88. The trade was a 0.41% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders acquired 1,004,287 shares of company stock worth $26,072,463 and sold 18,498 shares worth $506,660. 12.73% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Kinder Morgan Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, November 17th. Investors of record on Monday, November 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2925 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a $1.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%. Kinder Morgan’s dividend payout ratio is presently 95.90%.

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.