California Public Employees Retirement System Sells 482,711 Shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. $KMI

California Public Employees Retirement System trimmed its position in shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) by 8.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,356,844 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after selling 482,711 shares during the quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System owned approximately 0.24% of Kinder Morgan worth $151,652,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in KMI. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in shares of Kinder Morgan during the fourth quarter valued at $308,000. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Kinder Morgan by 11.4% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 69,444 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $2,042,000 after purchasing an additional 7,081 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Kinder Morgan by 2.4% in the second quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 449,427 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $13,213,000 after purchasing an additional 10,419 shares during the last quarter. Bailard Inc. acquired a new stake in Kinder Morgan in the second quarter valued at $277,000. Finally, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Kinder Morgan by 21.2% in the second quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 360,796 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $10,607,000 after purchasing an additional 63,129 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on the company. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Kinder Morgan in a report on Friday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Kinder Morgan from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Kinder Morgan from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Kinder Morgan from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, TD Cowen increased 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. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Kinder Morgan currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.38.

Key Kinder Morgan News

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

Kinder Morgan Stock Performance

Shares of Kinder Morgan stock opened at $33.40 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $30.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $28.38. Kinder Morgan, Inc. has a 1-year low of $23.94 and a 1-year high of $34.24. The company has a market cap of $74.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.38, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.68.

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 21st. The pipeline company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.02. Kinder Morgan had a return on equity of 9.02% and a net margin of 18.04%.The company had revenue of $4.51 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.33 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.30 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that Kinder Morgan, Inc. will post 1.25 EPS 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 paid a $0.2925 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a $1.17 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. Kinder Morgan’s payout ratio is 85.40%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, VP John W. Schlosser sold 6,166 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.67, for a total transaction of $207,609.22. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 188,872 shares in the company, valued at $6,359,320.24. The trade was a 3.16% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO David Patrick Michels sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.00, for a total transaction of $600,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 139,428 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,182,840. This represents a 12.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 46,498 shares of company stock valued at $1,418,248 over the last 90 days. 12.73% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Kinder Morgan 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.