Analyzing Kinder Morgan (KMI) Through a Strategic Investor's Lens

By Blake Campbell • Thursday, March 14 15:09 • Permanent Link

Kinder Morgan logged a -2.3% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $17.48 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. KMI's trading volume is 8,645,979 compared to the stock's average volume of 13,992,101.

Kinder Morgan trades -14.23% away from its average analyst target price of $20.38 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $17.0 to $23.0, and on average have given Kinder Morgan a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying KMI should be aware of the facts below:

Kinder Morgan's current price is 4.9% above its Graham number of $18.33, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Kinder Morgan has moved 8.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 30.4%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.06, Kinder Morgan has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
KMI has a forward P/E ratio of 13.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.26 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 48.87 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Kinder Morgan is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.28 compared to its sector average of 1.71
Kinder Morgan, Inc. operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in North America.
Based in Houston, the company has 10,891 full time employees and a market cap of $38.79 Billion. Kinder Morgan currently returns an annual dividend yield of 6.3%.

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