Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its position in Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI – Free Report) by 49.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 631,901 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after purchasing an additional 208,981 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Kinder Morgan were worth $13,959,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan during the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan in the 1st quarter worth $30,000. HWG Holdings LP bought a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan during the 2nd quarter valued at about $30,000. Planning Capital Management Corp grew its stake in shares of Kinder Morgan by 143.6% during the 3rd quarter. Planning Capital Management Corp now owns 1,352 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 797 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Kinder Morgan in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.52% of the company’s stock.
Kinder Morgan Stock Performance
Shares of KMI opened at $28.00 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.56, a PEG ratio of 3.75 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 0.46 and a quick ratio of 0.35. The business has a fifty day moving average of $24.26 and a 200 day moving average of $21.68. Kinder Morgan, Inc. has a one year low of $16.47 and a one year high of $28.27.
Kinder Morgan Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 31st were paid a $0.2875 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 31st. This represents a $1.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.11%. Kinder Morgan’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 100.88%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages recently issued reports on KMI. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Kinder Morgan from $22.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on shares of Kinder Morgan from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Kinder Morgan from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 27th. Truist Financial upped their target price on Kinder Morgan from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “conviction-buy” rating on shares of Kinder Morgan in a report on Friday, October 18th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Kinder Morgan presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $25.36.
Read Our Latest Analysis on KMI
Insider Activity at Kinder Morgan
In related news, Director C Park Shaper sold 690,142 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.75, for a total transaction of $17,081,014.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 6,809,858 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $168,543,985.50. This represents a 9.20 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, President Thomas A. Martin sold 19,121 shares of Kinder Morgan stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.28, for a total value of $502,499.88. Following the completion of the sale, the president now directly owns 897,652 shares in the company, valued at approximately $23,590,294.56. The trade was a 2.09 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 12.81% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
About Kinder Morgan
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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