Kinder Morgan Q2 EPS Forecast Lowered by US Capital Advisors

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) – Equities research analysts at US Capital Advisors dropped their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of 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 $0.28 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.29. The consensus estimate for Kinder Morgan’s current full-year earnings is $1.25 per share.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on shares of Kinder Morgan in a research note on Friday, September 19th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $32.00 price target for the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Kinder Morgan in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Kinder Morgan in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $30.00 target price on the stock. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $31.33.

Kinder Morgan Stock Up 1.7%

Kinder Morgan stock opened at $26.97 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $59.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $27.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $27.41. Kinder Morgan has a 1-year low of $23.94 and a 1-year high of $31.48. The company has a current ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98.

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

Institutional Trading of Kinder Morgan

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of KMI. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Kinder Morgan in the fourth quarter worth about $308,000. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. increased its stake in Kinder Morgan by 9.4% in the 1st quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 99,665 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $2,843,000 after acquiring an additional 8,566 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in Kinder Morgan by 17.5% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,634 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $246,000 after acquiring an additional 1,283 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc raised its holdings in shares of Kinder Morgan by 32.5% during the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 1,380,571 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $39,388,000 after acquiring an additional 338,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its position in shares of Kinder Morgan by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 938,888 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $26,786,000 after acquiring an additional 7,828 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 62.52% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Amy W. Chronis bought 3,800 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The shares were purchased at an average price of $26.23 per share, with a total value of $99,674.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 39,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,024,307.73. This represents a 10.78% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Chairman Richard D. Kinder bought 1,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 27th. The shares were bought at an average price of $25.96 per share, with a total value of $25,960,000.00. Following the transaction, the chairman owned 246,212,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,391,672,683.88. The trade was a 0.41% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders bought 1,004,287 shares of company stock worth $26,072,463 and sold 18,498 shares worth $506,660. Company insiders own 12.73% of the company’s stock.

Kinder Morgan Announces Dividend

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

Kinder Morgan Company Profile

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.