With over 28.31 million Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) shares trading Friday and a closing price of $17.07 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $483.2 million. The shares have shown a positive half year performance of 3.14% and its price on 09/15/23 lost nearly -1.39%. Currently, there are 2.24B common shares owned by the public and among those 1.95B shares have been available to trade.
An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 22 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for KMI have a consensus price objective of $20.36. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $23.00 and a low of $18.00. The average price target is 15.87% above its recent price level and an upside to the estimated low will see the stock gain 5.17% over that period. But an upside of 25.78% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $20.00.
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Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 40 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 16 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 2,131,762 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 24 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 936,961 shares.
Shares of Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) opened at $17.20, down -$0.11 from a prior closing price of $17.31. However, the script later moved the day high at 17.40, down -1.39%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 1.61% and 0.35% over the past three months. KMI shares are trading -5.59% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -7.88% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $16.00 and touched a high of $19.35 over the same period. KMI has an average intraday trading volume of 12.69 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -0.52%, -1.62%, and -2.26% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) shares accounts for 63.00% of the company’s 2.24B shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $38.57B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.93. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 15.36, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $1.11. The company has a PEG of 51.22 and a Quick Ratio of 0.40 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 1.03. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.65% over the week and 1.46% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) will achieve an EPS of $0.26 for the current quarter, $0.3 for the next quarter and $1.21 for 2024. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0.23 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $0.3. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $0.25 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 43.70%, and 8.59% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 0.30% over the next five years, compared to 32.40% over the past 5-year period.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 22 brokerage firm advisors rate Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) as a “Moderate Buy” at a consensus score of 2.70. Specifically, 4 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 15 of the 22 advise that investors “hold,” and 1 rated it as a “Sell.”
