Marble Wealth LLC Takes $1.54 Million Position in Kinder Morgan, Inc. $KMI

Marble Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 56,007 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,540,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KMI. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Kinder Morgan in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,132,125,000. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Kinder Morgan by 431.9% in the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 6,569,082 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $185,971,000 after buying an additional 5,333,986 shares during the last quarter. Merewether Investment Management LP acquired a new stake in Kinder Morgan in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $138,477,000. Zimmer Partners LP grew its holdings in Kinder Morgan by 177.8% in the 3rd quarter. Zimmer Partners LP now owns 6,070,100 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $171,845,000 after buying an additional 3,885,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. acquired a new stake in Kinder Morgan in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $85,364,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.52% of the company’s stock.

Key Kinder Morgan News

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

• Positive Sentiment: US Capital Advisors nudged up its earnings estimates for Kinder Morgan, signaling slightly better profit expectations for 2026 and 2028. US Capital Advisors estimate raise
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Kinder Morgan as potentially benefiting from stronger gas demand, including higher LNG exports and power needs from data centers, with U.S. gas demand projected to rise materially over the next several years. Rising gas demand article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts also pointed to Kinder Morgan’s large project backlog and take-or-pay contract structure, which can provide more predictable cash flow and support the stock’s valuation case. Undervaluation article
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent coverage largely repeated the same upbeat narrative, noting that Kinder Morgan has been outperforming the broader market and trading above recent support levels, but without any major new company-specific announcement. Beats stock market upswing article
• Negative Sentiment: No clear negative catalyst appeared in the latest headlines, but the stock still faces the usual risks around energy demand, regulatory conditions, and execution on large infrastructure projects.

Insider Transactions at Kinder Morgan

In other news, VP Michael P. Garthwaite sold 1,550 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.65, for a total transaction of $52,157.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 43,293 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,456,809.45. This represents a 3.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, VP John W. Schlosser sold 6,166 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.93, for a total value of $203,046.38. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 182,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,016,508.58. This represents a 3.26% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders sold 23,148 shares of company stock valued at $763,434. Insiders own 12.72% of the company’s stock.

Kinder Morgan Trading Up 1.8%

KMI stock opened at $31.42 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $69.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.09, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.54. Kinder Morgan, Inc. has a twelve month low of $25.60 and a twelve month high of $34.81. The company has a quick ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 0.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92. The business has a fifty day moving average of $32.65 and a 200-day moving average of $30.49.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The pipeline company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $4.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.55 billion. Kinder Morgan had a return on equity of 9.90% and a net margin of 18.92%.The firm’s revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.34 earnings per share. Kinder Morgan has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.360-1.360 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Kinder Morgan, Inc. will post 1.49 EPS for the current year.

Kinder Morgan Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 4th were paid a $0.2975 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 4th. This is a positive change from Kinder Morgan’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $1.19 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. Kinder Morgan’s payout ratio is presently 79.87%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have issued reports on KMI shares. Scotiabank raised their target price on Kinder Morgan from $31.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, March 26th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Kinder Morgan from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Truist Financial began coverage on Kinder Morgan in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $38.00 price objective for the company. Zacks Research upgraded Kinder Morgan from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Kinder Morgan in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Kinder Morgan presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.20.

About Kinder Morgan

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.