Crawford Investment Counsel Inc. Raises Stock Position in Kinder Morgan, Inc. $KMI

Crawford Investment Counsel Inc. grew its stake in shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) by 2.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,086,068 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after acquiring an additional 25,570 shares during the period. Crawford Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in Kinder Morgan were worth $30,747,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of KMI. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Kinder Morgan in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,162,802,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Kinder Morgan by 431.9% during the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 6,569,082 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $185,971,000 after purchasing an additional 5,333,986 shares in the last quarter. Merewether Investment Management LP purchased a new stake in Kinder Morgan during the second quarter worth $138,477,000. 59 North Capital Management LP grew its holdings in Kinder Morgan by 54.5% in the second quarter. 59 North Capital Management LP now owns 10,597,380 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $311,563,000 after purchasing an additional 3,739,398 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP increased its position in shares of Kinder Morgan by 364.8% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 4,165,348 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $122,461,000 after buying an additional 3,269,284 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.52% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP John W. Schlosser sold 6,166 shares of Kinder Morgan stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.67, for a total transaction of $207,609.22. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 188,872 shares in the company, valued at $6,359,320.24. The trade was a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director William A. Smith acquired 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $29.75 per share, with a total value of $89,250.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 31,087 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $924,838.25. The trade was a 10.68% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 46,498 shares of company stock valued at $1,418,248 over the last quarter. 12.73% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho lifted their price target on Kinder Morgan from $31.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $29.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Kinder Morgan from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Kinder Morgan from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Kinder Morgan from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $33.38.

Trending Headlines about Kinder Morgan

Here are the key news stories impacting Kinder Morgan this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo raised its price target to $35 and kept an overweight rating, signaling roughly 4.8% upside from current levels and giving the stock a bullish catalyst. Wells Fargo price target raise
• Positive Sentiment: Analysis pieces highlight a potential tailwind from the AI/data‑center buildout, which is increasing on‑site power demand and could boost natural‑gas consumption and pipeline volumes — a medium-term demand positive for KMI. Data Center Boom Drives Natural Gas Use
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks and Yahoo Finance note KMI is a “trending” stock among retail readers, which can increase order flow and short‑term liquidity and keep the name in focus for investors. KMI Trending Stock (Zacks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage highlighting long‑term historical returns (e.g., Benzinga’s “If you invested $1,000…” retrospective) can attract buy‑and‑hold investors but is unlikely to change near‑term fundamentals. 5‑Year Performance Retrospective
• Neutral Sentiment: Forbes’ billionaire list mentions (Kinder family wealth rising) generate positive PR but have limited direct impact on operations or cash flow. Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires
• Negative Sentiment: Stifel raised its target to $33 but kept a hold rating; that target implies limited or slight downside from current prices and reflects caution among some analysts about meaningful near‑term upside. Stifel price target raise

Kinder Morgan Stock Performance

NYSE KMI opened at $33.40 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 0.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95. Kinder Morgan, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $23.94 and a fifty-two week high of $34.24. The business has a fifty day moving average of $30.73 and a 200-day moving average of $28.37. The stock has a market cap of $74.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.68.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 21st. The pipeline company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $4.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.33 billion. Kinder Morgan had a return on equity of 9.02% and a net margin of 18.04%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.30 earnings per share. As a group, analysts predict that Kinder Morgan, Inc. will post 1.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Kinder Morgan Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.2925 per share. This represents a $1.17 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. Kinder Morgan’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 85.40%.

Kinder Morgan Profile

Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) is a large energy infrastructure company that owns and operates an extensive network of pipelines and terminals across North America. Its core activities center on the transportation, storage and handling of energy products, including natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, refined petroleum products and carbon dioxide. The company’s assets include long-haul and gathering pipelines, storage facilities, and multi-modal terminals that serve producers, refiners, utilities and industrial customers.

Kinder Morgan’s operations deliver midstream services such as pipeline transportation, terminaling, storage and related logistics and maintenance.