We're taking a closer look at Kinder Morgan today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 0.6% compared to -1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Kinder Morgan, Inc. operates as an energy infrastructure company in North America.
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Kinder Morgan has moved -2.0% over the last year compared to 15.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -17.0%
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KMI has an average analyst rating of hold and is -12.73% away from its mean target price of $20.47 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.09
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Kinder Morgan has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.19 and its forward P/E ratio is 15.0
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KMI has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 53.3, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.32 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Kinder Morgan is part of the Utilities sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 17.53 and an average P/B of 1.71
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Kinder Morgan has on average reported free cash flows of $3.11 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 8.1%