MMarketMath

KMI

StalwartQuality: Medium (52/100)1 red flag

Kinder Morgan · Energy · Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation

$31.00

52w 25.60 – 34.81

20y monthly, adjusted

Mkt cap

$69.0B

P/E

23.0

P/FCF

24.3

FCF yield

4.1%

ROE

9.8%

Shldr yield

3.7%

div 3.7% + bb 0.0%

What today's price assumes

At $69.0B, the market is pricing in 10.4% annual free-cash-flow growth for the next decade (10% discount rate, 2.5% terminal growth). Over the last ten years, FCF actually grew 7.4% per year — the price asks for acceleration beyond the historical record.

Simple DCF per-share range: $20 · $25 · $32 (4% / base / optimistic growth). An estimate, not a target.

Adjust the assumptions yourself →

Historical multiple lens

At its own median P/OCF of 6.6× across 12 years, KMI would trade near $18/share (25th–75th percentile: $14–$24); it trades at 11.7× today.

Assumes the historical multiple regime persists — re-ratings can be permanent.

Growth record

Compound annual growth rates from as-filed 10-K data, split-adjusted

Rev 3y

−5.7%

Rev 5y

+8.5%

Rev 10y

+0.5%

EPS 5y

+93.9%

EPS 10y

+29.9%

FCF 5y

+0.3%

FCF 10y

+7.4%

Fundamentals

Fiscal 2009–2025, from SEC filings

Revenue

2009: $7.2B
2010: $7.9B
2011: $7.9B
2012: $10.0B
2013: $14.1B
2014: $16.2B
2015: $14.4B
2016: $13.1B
2017: $13.7B
2018: $13.3B
2019: $12.1B
2020: $10.1B
2021: $16.2B
2022: $18.1B
2023: $13.6B
2024: $13.5B
2025: $15.2B
$0$5.0B$10.0B$15.0B
09
12
15
18
21
24

Net income

2009: $495.0M
2010: −$41.0M
2011: $594.0M
2012: $315.0M
2013: $1.2B
2014: $1.0B
2015: $253.0M
2016: $708.0M
2017: $183.0M
2018: $1.6B
2019: $2.2B
2020: $119.0M
2021: $1.8B
2022: $2.5B
2023: $2.4B
2024: $2.6B
2025: $3.1B
$0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B
09
12
15
18
21
24

Free cash flow

2009: $254.7M
2010: $907.0M
2011: $1.2B
2012: $786.0M
2013: $753.0M
2014: $850.0M
2015: $1.4B
2016: $1.9B
2017: $1.4B
2018: $2.1B
2019: $2.5B
2020: $2.8B
2021: $4.4B
2022: $3.3B
2023: $4.2B
2024: $3.0B
2025: $2.9B
$0$2.0B$4.0B
09
12
15
18
21
24

Diluted shares (lower is better)

2013: 2.0B
2014: 2.2B
2015: 2.2B
2016: 2.2B
2017: 2.2B
2019: 2.3B
2020: 2.3B
2021: 2.3B
2022: 2.3B
2023: 2.2B
2024: 2.2B
2025: 2.2B
01.0B2.0B
09
12
15
18
21
24

Margins

0%10%20%30%091215182124
Net marginFCF marginGross margin

Capital returned (dividends + buybacks)

2010: $700.0M
2011: $770.0M
2012: $1.2B
2013: $1.8B
2014: $1.9B
2015: $4.2B
2016: $1.1B
2017: $1.4B
2018: $1.9B
2019: $2.2B
2020: $2.4B
2021: $2.4B
2022: $2.9B
2023: $3.1B
2024: $2.6B
2025: $2.6B
$0$2.0B$4.0B
09
12
15
18
21
24

Cash vs long-term debt

$0$20.0B$40.0B091215182124
CashLT debt

Quarterly

Discrete quarters from 10-Q filings; Q4 derived as fiscal year minus Q1–Q3. OCF is unwound from the year-to-date figures 10-Qs report. Compare to the same quarter a year ago — most businesses are seasonal.

Revenue by quarter

Q2'23: $3.1B
Q3'23: $3.5B
Q4'23: $3.6B
Q1'24: $3.4B
Q2'24: $3.2B
Q3'24: $3.3B
Q4'24: $3.6B
Q1'25: $3.9B
Q2'25: $3.6B
Q3'25: $3.7B
Q4'25: $4.0B
Q1'26: $4.5B
Q2'26: $4.1B
$0$2.0B$4.0B
23
24
24
25
26

Net income by quarter

Q2'23: $586.0M
Q3'23: $532.0M
Q4'23: $594.0M
Q1'24: $746.0M
Q2'24: $575.0M
Q3'24: $625.0M
Q4'24: $667.0M
Q1'25: $717.0M
Q2'25: $715.0M
Q3'25: $628.0M
Q4'25: $996.0M
Q1'26: $976.0M
Q2'26: $867.0M
$0$250.0M$500.0M$750.0M
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24
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25
26
QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYEPSOCF
Q2'26$4.1B+13.6%$867.0M+21.3%0.39$2.0B
Q1'26$4.5B+15.3%$976.0M+36.1%0.44$1.5B
Q4'25 *$4.0B+12.3%$996.0M+49.3%0.45$1.7B
Q3'25$3.7B+13.2%$628.0M+0.5%0.28$1.4B
Q2'25$3.6B+12.2%$715.0M+24.3%0.32$1.6B
Q1'25$3.9B+13.3%$717.0M−3.9%0.32$1.2B
Q4'24 *$3.6B+0.2%$667.0M+12.3%0.30$1.5B
Q3'24$3.3B−7.0%$625.0M+17.5%0.28$1.2B
Q2'24$3.2B+3.6%$575.0M−1.9%0.26$1.7B
Q1'24$3.4B−1.0%$746.0M+9.9%0.33$1.2B
Q4'23 *$3.6B−14.2%$594.0M−11.3%0.26$2.3B
Q3'23$3.5B−27.7%$532.0M−7.6%0.24$1.3B
Q2'23$3.1B−37.9%$586.0M−7.7%0.26$1.6B

Track record

Compound annual growth by period. For debt and share count, negative is the good direction.

Series3y5y10y15y
Revenue−5.7%+8.5%+0.5%+4.5%
Operating cash flow+6.0%+5.4%+1.1%+7.8%
Free cash flow−4.8%+0.3%+7.4%+8.0%
EPS (diluted)+6.9%+93.9%+29.9%
Equity+0.5%−0.2%−1.2%+9.0%
LT debt+2.7%−0.9%−3.2%+5.5%
Diluted shares−0.5%−0.4%+0.1%
Stock price+27.7%+20.1%+9.0%+6.2%

$100, 3 years ago

$208vs $176 in SPY

27.7% vs 20.7%/yr

$100, 5 years ago

$250vs $181 in SPY

20.1% vs 12.6%/yr

$100, 10 years ago

$236vs $412 in SPY

9.0% vs 15.2%/yr

$100, 15 years ago

$247vs $813 in SPY

6.2% vs 15.0%/yr

Quality & capital discipline

Cash-based returns and how management deploys capital

Cash ROIC

9.6%

OCF ÷ (equity + debt)

OCF / EV yield

5.9%

MC vs 10× OCF

1.19

≤1 = priced under 10× OCF

Debt / FCF

10.6y

SBC / FCF

Owner earnings

$2.9B

OCF − capex − SBC

OE yield

4.1%

Share count 5y

+0.9%

per year; negative = buybacks

Capital intensity

258.7%

net PP&E ÷ revenue

Sales efficiency

$0.68

new PP&E per $1 new revenue, 5y

Checklist

14 of 24 checks pass · 58%. Checks with structurally missing inputs are excluded.

Growth & Consistency

4/7

  • Revenue growth

    8.5% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    pass
  • EPS growth

    93.9% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    pass
  • FCF growth

    0.3% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    fail
  • Revenue rises consistently

    4 of 9 · up in ≥ 7 of last 10 years

    fail
  • FCF consistently positive

    10 of 10 · positive in ≥ 8 of last 10 years

    pass
  • Profitable every year

    10 of 10 · net income > 0 in ≥ 8 of last 10

    pass
  • Cash flow keeps up with sales

    5.4% vs 8.5% · OCF CAGR ≥ 0.9× revenue CAGR

    fail

Profitability

4/6

  • Net margin

    20.1% · ≥ 8%

    pass
  • Operating margin

    31.1% · ≥ 10%

    pass
  • Gross margin stable or rising

    · no drop > 2 pts over 3y

    na
  • Return on equity

    9.8% · ≥ 12%

    fail
  • Cash ROIC

    9.6% · ≥ 12%

    fail
  • FCF margin

    19.0% · ≥ 5%

    pass
  • Earnings back their cash

    OCF $5.9B vs NI $3.1B · OCF ≥ net income (latest FY)

    pass

Balance Sheet

1/4

  • Debt payable from cash flow

    10.6y · LT debt ≤ 3× FCF

    fail
  • Cash cushion

    0% · cash ≥ 50% of LT debt

    fail
  • Leverage

    0.99 · LT debt ≤ 1.5× equity

    pass
  • Equity positive and compounding

    $31.2B · equity > 0 and grew over ~5y

    fail
  • Interest burden

    · interest ≤ 15% of operating income

    na

Capital Allocation

2/3

  • Share count flat or shrinking

    0.9% · ≤ +0.5%/yr over ~5y

    fail
  • Stock comp restrained

    · SBC ≤ 15% of FCF

    na
  • Distributions funded by FCF

    90% · dividends + buybacks ≤ 100% of FCF

    pass
  • Repurchases are a habit

    7 of 10 · buybacks in ≥ 5 of last 10 years

    pass

Valuation Discipline

3/4

  • FCF yield

    4.1% · ≥ 3%

    pass
  • Earnings multiple

    23.0 · P/E ≤ 25

    pass
  • Price asks less than history delivered

    10.4% vs 7.4% · implied FCF growth ≤ historical FCF CAGR

    fail
  • Shareholder yield

    3.7% · dividends + buybacks ≥ 2% of market cap

    pass

Red flags

Mechanical checks — a flag is a question to investigate, not a verdict

Heavy debt load

Long-term debt exceeds 5 years of free cash flow.

Financial data

As filed in 10-Ks; per-share figures split-adjusted. $ in millions.

FYRevenueGross profitOp incomeNet incomeEPSOCFCapExFCFDividendsBuybacksSBCCashLT debtEquityShares
202515,2024,7243,0561.375,9173,0262,8912,60406330,77731,1622,223
202413,4834,3842,6131.175,6352,6293,0062,55778829,88130,5312,220
202313,6474,2632,3911.066,4912,3174,1742,5295228328,06730,3062,234
202218,1284,0652,5481.124,9671,6213,3462,50436874528,40330,7422,258
202116,1542,9161,7840.785,7081,2814,4272,44301,14030,67430,8232,266
202010,0971,5601190.054,5501,7072,8432,362501,18432,13131,4362,263
201912,0804,8732,1900.964,7482,2702,4782,163218531,91533,7422,264
201813,3183,7941,6090.665,0432,9042,1391,6182733,28033,93633,678
201713,7053,5291830.014,6013,1881,4131,12025026435,01533,6362,230
201613,0583,5387080.254,7582,8821,8761,118068437,35434,4312,230
201514,4032,4472530.105,3133,8961,4174,22422942,40635,1192,193
201416,2264,4481,0260.464,4673,6178501,76094031540,09734,0762,193
201314,0703,9901,1930.604,1223,3697531,622172059833,88713,0931,998
20129,9732,5933152,8082,0227861,1848771432,00013,866
20117,9431,4235942,3661,2001,166770041114,3568,568
20107,8521,133-411,9131,006907700050213,8138,539
20097,1851,4074951,5791,324255

Some concepts are structurally absent for certain industries (banks report no gross profit or capex). Missing ≠ zero.