With 17.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 14.36 million shares. The 52-week range on KMI shows that it touched its highest point at $31.48 and its lowest point at $18.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $30.08. With its current market cap of 59.71 billion, KMI has annualized dividend of $0.86 while the current yield stands at 3.21%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.74.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KMI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.74%, but this was down by -3.07% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.57% while six-month performance rose 8.17%. The stock gained 47.39% in the past year, while it has lost -1.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KMI yields 1.16 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.36. For the next quarter, that number is 0.27. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.60% for this year and 6.80% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.15% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 4.00%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.22 billion KMI shares are outstanding with a float of 1.94 billion shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KMI since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.20151 being high and $1.16145 being low. For KMI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.18148.