Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI – Get Free Report)’s share price shot up 0.7% on Friday after Barclays raised their price target on the stock from $21.00 to $22.00. Barclays currently has an equal weight rating on the stock. Kinder Morgan traded as high as $21.10 and last traded at $21.08. 1,626,677 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 88% from the average session volume of 13,760,819 shares. The stock had previously closed at $20.94.
KMI has been the subject of a number of other research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Kinder Morgan from $20.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Wells Fargo & Company raised Kinder Morgan from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $18.00 to $22.00 in a report on Tuesday, June 4th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on Kinder Morgan from $19.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 17th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Kinder Morgan from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price target on Kinder Morgan from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Kinder Morgan presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $22.40.
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Insider Buying and Selling
Institutional Trading of Kinder Morgan
Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Independent Advisor Alliance raised its stake in Kinder Morgan by 13.8% during the 4th quarter. Independent Advisor Alliance now owns 65,100 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,148,000 after buying an additional 7,912 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management acquired a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan during the 1st quarter worth approximately $8,818,000. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP acquired a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,101,000. Duality Advisers LP increased its position in Kinder Morgan by 42.7% during the 1st quarter. Duality Advisers LP now owns 317,425 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $5,822,000 after buying an additional 94,984 shares during the period. Finally, BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S boosted its holdings in Kinder Morgan by 221.3% in the 1st quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S now owns 251,635 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $4,615,000 after purchasing an additional 173,313 shares during the period. 62.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Kinder Morgan Stock Up 0.7 %
The firm has a market cap of $46.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.19, a P/E/G ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.93. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $20.98 and a 200-day moving average of $19.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 0.37 and a quick ratio of 0.28.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 17th. The pipeline company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.26 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $3.57 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.13 billion. Kinder Morgan had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 15.93%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.24 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Kinder Morgan, Inc. will post 1.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Kinder Morgan Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 31st were issued a $0.2875 dividend. This represents a $1.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.46%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 31st. Kinder Morgan’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 104.55%.
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.
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