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Neutral1750.0%
Bearish12.9%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. · KMI · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025
KMI: Gas demand outlook strengthens, while project execution remains key
The supplied analysis supports a constructive long-term demand case for Kinder Morgan, led by LNG exports and power demand including AI data centers. The case is not risk-free: execution, approvals, commercialization timing, RNG/RIN weakness and capital intensity must be monitored.
Reported After market closeNYSEEnergy
$69.19B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$0.29
Consensus $0.29
EPS surprise
-1.0%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$4.15B
Consensus $3.98B
Revenue surprise
+4.2%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
-4.8%
Event window
SPY move
+0.6%
Same window
Abnormal move
-5.3%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.2×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+1.8%
Up to 20 sessions
KMISPY benchmark
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Why did KMI fall 4.8% after missing EPS estimates in FY2025 Q3?What changed in KMI's guidance and outlook in FY2025 Q3?Give me the bull and bear case for KMI after FY2025 Q3 earnings.
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What changed
Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, the supplied current analysis adds stronger emphasis on AI data-center electricity demand, a Western Gateway partnership with Phillips 66, a $10 billion opportunity set and a Fitch BBB+ upgrade. The analysis also continues to identify LNG, power demand, permitting and project backlog as growth supports, while RNG/RIN weakness remains a headwind.
Guidance delta
Guidance sentiment remained maintained. The supplied analysis did not provide a new numerical guidance change.
Key takeaways
- Management highlighted LNG exports, AI data-center power demand, Mexico exports and U.S. power generation as natural-gas growth drivers.
- The supplied analysis describes a $9.3 billion backlog and a $10 billion project opportunity set, alongside improving leverage and a Fitch BBB+ upgrade.
- RNG/RIN pricing weakness and the timing, approvals and execution of major projects remain material offsets.
Management priorities
- Advance the Western Gateway Pipeline joint venture with Phillips 66, targeting 2029 in-service.
- Develop Haynesville capacity upgrades, storage facilities and additional natural-gas infrastructure.
- Pursue selected acquisitions while maintaining disciplined capital allocation and using supportive permitting conditions.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$31.07Current
$15Low
$26.31Average
$43High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 3, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Mar 3, 2026 |
| Freedom Broker | Hold | Sell | Upgrade | Jan 28, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 22, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jun 23, 2025 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 27, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 26, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Oct 11, 2024 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jul 19, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Mar 1, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 27, 2021 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 11, 2021 |
| SMBC Nikko | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Dec 3, 2020 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 9, 2020 |
| CFRA | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 24, 2020 |
| PiperJaffray | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 18, 2019 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 17, 2019 |
| TD Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 2, 2019 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 17, 2019 |
| Argus | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 5, 2018 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 20, 2018 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Mar 21, 2018 |
| Tudor Pickering | Hold | Accumulate | Downgrade | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Bank oferica | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Mar 20, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $31.07. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $36 | $31.68 | +15.9% | Sep 22, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Elvira Scotto | $36 | $31.72 | +15.9% | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Julien Dumoulin-Smith | $33 | $31.31 | +6.2% | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $35 | $31.41 | +12.6% | Sep 9, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $38 | $31.82 | +22.3% | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $36 | $32.49 | +15.9% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $43 | $31.46 | +38.4% | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $32 | $34.07 | +3.0% | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $30 | $29.69 | -3.4% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Jason Gabelman | $35 | $29.53 | +12.6% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $29 | $27.86 | -6.7% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $29 | $26.89 | -6.7% | Dec 23, 2025 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $38 | $26.76 | +22.3% | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $30 | $28.14 | -3.4% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $32 | $27.67 | +3.0% | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Jason Gabelman | $34 | $28.34 | +9.4% | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $31 | $27.14 | -0.2% | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Brandon Bingham | $26 | $28.16 | -16.3% | Jan 10, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Elvira Scotto | $26 | $24.74 | -16.3% | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | John MacKay | $26 | $24.82 | -16.3% | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Stewart Glickman | $28 | $24.82 | -9.9% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Roth Capital | John White | $30.5 | $24.93 | -1.8% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $25 | $24.93 | -19.5% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Michael Blum | $27 | $24.93 | -13.1% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Elvira Scotto | $24 | $24.86 | -22.8% | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Gabriel Moreen | $25 | $24.38 | -19.5% | Oct 11, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Neel Mitra | $27 | $23.72 | -13.1% | Oct 11, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Elvira Scotto | $22 | $21.29 | -29.2% | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bill Selesky | $24 | $21.73 | -22.8% | Jul 19, 2024 |
| UBS | Brian Reynolds | $24 | $19.94 | -22.8% | Jun 12, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Michael Blum | $22 | $19.5 | -29.2% | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Stewart Glickman | $22 | $19.4 | -29.2% | May 14, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Michael Blum | $18 | $18.21 | -42.1% | Apr 19, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Linda Ezergailis | $21 | $18.24 | -32.4% | Apr 18, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $20 | $17.97 | -35.6% | Mar 25, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | John Mackay | $20 | $16.76 | -35.6% | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Spiro Dounis | $19 | $16.94 | -38.8% | Jul 10, 2023 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $20 | $17.99 | -35.6% | Jul 31, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $22 | $18.2 | -29.2% | May 2, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Gabriel Moreen | $22 | $19.15 | -29.2% | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $20 | $19.84 | -35.6% | Apr 20, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $19 | $17.2 | -38.8% | Jan 30, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Selman Akyol | $19 | $16.79 | -38.8% | Aug 2, 2021 |
| TD Securities | Linda Ezergailis | $21 | $17.6 | -32.4% | Jul 6, 2021 |
| Piper Sandler | Pearce Hammond | $19 | $17.48 | -38.8% | Jun 17, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Michael Lapides | $15 | $17.98 | -51.7% | Jun 13, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Spiro M. Dounis | $19 | $17.43 | -38.8% | May 27, 2021 |
| Citigroup | Timm Schneider | $17 | $15.98 | -45.3% | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Neuberger Berman | Mirek Zak | $17 | $15.98 | -45.3% | Apr 27, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationKinder Morgan, Inc. operates as a leading energy infrastructure company across North America. Its extensive operations are categorized into four primary business segments: Natural Gas Pipelines, Products Pipelines, Terminals, and CO2. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment manages a vast network of interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines, along with underground storage systems. This includes natural gas gathering systems, processing and treatment facilities, natural gas liquids fractionation plants, transportation systems, and infrastructure for liquefied natural gas liquefaction and storage. Within its Products Pipelines segment, the company owns and operates pipelines designed for refined petroleum products, crude oil, and condensate, supported by associated product terminals and facilities for petroleum pipeline transmix.…
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-03T20:00:45.632438+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-03T20:00:45.630181+00:00
Methodology
Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.
Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-03. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.