Kinder Morgan Dividend yield

Kinder Morgan is part of Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Kinder Morgan is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kinder Morgan stock dividend

Kinder Morgan paid a total dividend of 2,532 million USD last year, for a market value of 38,590 millions (Market Cap 33,716 millions). Kinder Morgan dividend per share is 1.13 USD, and his stock market price 17.22 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kinder Morgan has a dividend yield of 6.56%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Oil and Gas industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Kinder Morgan stocks dividend with other Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Kinder Morgan Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kinder Morgan to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.13 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.56%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kinder Morgan payout on ernings is currently 90.40%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures show that Kinder Morgan can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Kinder Morgan is USD 2.21 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.13, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kinder Morgan, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. sector companies.

Kinder Morgan Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kinder Morgan's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	6.56%	1.13	90.40%	2,241
2022	6.14%	1.11	124.72%	2,268
2021	6.81%	1.08	0.00%	2,265
2020	7.68%	1.05	99.06%	2,262
2019	4.72%	1.00	133.33%	2,264
2018	5.20%	0.80	-177.78%	2,206
2017	2.77%	0.50	142.86%	2,232
2016	2.25%	0.50	0.00%	2,232
2015	8.66%	2.04	384.91%	2,192

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kinder Morgan dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. stocks.

Kinder Morgan Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kinder Morgan showed a return of -2.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -6.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. firms.