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Low Prices May Spell Trouble for Kinder Morgan's 4Q15 Earnings (Continued from Prior Part) Kinder Morgan’s market performance
Kinder Morgan (KMI) has lost 66.3% of its market value during the past year. KMI’s peers, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK), and DCP Midstream Partners (DPM) have lost 57.1%, 54.6%, and 48.9%, respectively, during the same timeframe. The Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP), which comprises of 22 midstream energy MLPs (master limited partnerships), has fallen by 38.9%, indicating a general weakness in the midstream sector.
However, Kinder Morgan has underperformed AMLP by a huge margin of 27.4 percentage points. KMI’s underperformance relative to AMLP can be attributed to its higher commodity price exposure, lower dividends (dividend cuts), and higher leverage compared to some of AMLP’s constituents.
Kinder Morgan’s dividend guidance
Kinder Morgan sent jitters to the entire midstream sector when it announced a 75% quarterly dividend cut in its annual outlook release for 2016. Before this, KMI lowered its 2016 dividend growth guidance to 6%-10% in its third quarter earnings release. KMI announced that its board has agreed to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share for the fourth quarter of 2015 versus $0.51 in the third quarter of 2015. For more detail, read Kinder Morgan Slashes Dividend by 75%: Key Highlights.
Kinder Morgan expects to use the internally generated distributable cash flow for funding the equity portion of its expansion capital. This is expected to bring down KMI’s leverage in the long run.
Kinder Morgan’s dividend yield
Kinder Morgan is currently trading at a dividend yield of 3.6% based on its 4Q15 dividend of $0.13 per unit or $0.5 on an annualized basis. This is quite low compared to KMI’s dividend yield of 12.9% before the dividend cut announcement. KMI doesn’t seem to be an attractive opportunity for income investors, as its dividend is expected to stay flat for the rest of 2016.
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Kinder Morgan
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CODE : KMP |
ISIN : US4945501066 |
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Kinder Morgan is a producing company based in United states of america. Kinder Morgan is listed in Germany and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is US$ 46.0 billions as of today (€ 36.7 billions). Its stock quote reached its lowest recent point on June 25, 1999 at US$ 10.00, and its highest recent level on November 26, 2014 at US$ 102.03. Kinder Morgan has 450 600 000 shares outstanding. |