Focus Partners Wealth Buys 876,228 Shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. $KMI

Focus Partners Wealth raised its stake in Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) by 24.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,500,373 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after purchasing an additional 876,228 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth owned 0.20% of Kinder Morgan worth $127,405,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. CoreFirst Bank & Trust acquired a new position in Kinder Morgan in the 2nd quarter valued at about $35,000. Private Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its position in Kinder Morgan by 94.9% during the third quarter. Private Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 1,222 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 595 shares during the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Kinder Morgan by 314.6% during the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,360 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 1,032 shares during the period. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Kinder Morgan during the second quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Capital A Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan in the second quarter valued at approximately $41,000. 62.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Kinder Morgan News Roundup

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on KMI shares. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of Kinder Morgan from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Freedom Capital raised shares of Kinder Morgan from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on Kinder Morgan from $29.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Kinder Morgan in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.38.

Kinder Morgan Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSE KMI opened at $33.40 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $30.73 and its 200-day moving average price is $28.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 0.64. Kinder Morgan, Inc. has a 52-week low of $23.94 and a 52-week high of $34.24. The company has a market capitalization of $74.30 billion, a P/E 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 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $4.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.33 billion. Kinder Morgan had a net margin of 18.04% and a return on equity of 9.02%. Kinder Morgan’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.30 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that Kinder Morgan, Inc. will post 1.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Kinder Morgan Announces Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

Kinder Morgan Company 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.