Kinder Morgan (KMI) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) in the last few weeks:

• 1/29/2025 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $25.00 to $28.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/27/2025 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $34.00 to $38.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/23/2025 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Mizuho from $31.00 to $33.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/23/2025 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $30.00 to $33.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/23/2025 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $25.00 to $31.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 1/23/2025 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $24.00 to $36.00.
• 1/16/2025 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $27.00 to $31.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/10/2025 – Kinder Morgan is now covered by analysts at Scotiabank. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $26.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/18/2024 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $27.00 to $30.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 12/17/2024 – Kinder Morgan had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $24.00 to $27.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

Kinder Morgan Price Performance

Shares of Kinder Morgan stock opened at $27.53 on Wednesday. Kinder Morgan, Inc. has a 12 month low of $16.47 and a 12 month high of $31.48. The company has a current ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $27.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $24.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.16 billion, a PE ratio of 23.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.94.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 8.09% and a net margin of 17.31%. Sell-side analysts forecast that Kinder Morgan, Inc. will post 1.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Kinder Morgan Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.2875 per share. This represents a $1.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.18%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 3rd. Kinder Morgan’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 98.29%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, President Thomas A. Martin sold 18,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.91, for a total value of $502,380.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the president now owns 861,652 shares in the company, valued at $24,048,707.32. This trade represents a 2.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 12.81% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Kinder Morgan

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Czech National Bank boosted its holdings in Kinder Morgan by 6.9% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 393,351 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $8,689,000 after acquiring an additional 25,406 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of Kinder Morgan by 34.1% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 27,260 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $602,000 after purchasing an additional 6,932 shares during the last quarter. Diversified Trust Co bought a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan during the 3rd quarter valued at $467,000. Ignite Planners LLC bought a new position in Kinder Morgan in the third quarter valued at about $213,000. Finally, Atomi Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Kinder Morgan by 8.5% in the third quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 64,838 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,432,000 after buying an additional 5,080 shares during the last quarter. 62.52% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.