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KMI- a fallen high dividend yielder - for how long?
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Emcee:  robert b furman Type:  Moderated
Kinder Morgan is the countries largest pipeline company in the US.

It has recently reduced its dividend to be able to internally fund and expand its operations - primarily the transporting of natural gas.

With the natural gas resources growing from the innovation of fracking technologies there is a mega trend at work with increasing uses of natural gas.

These growth areas are the result of four long term growth categories:

Electrical generation that is replacing coal fired plants with that of natural gas
Exporting of Natural gas to Mexico
Industrial use of natural gas in making hydro carbon based products
The exporting of LNG to world markets.

KMI currently has the largest distribution network in the US.

KMI sees a huge growing demand for more pipelines to serve the above four growth sectors.

The need for additional capital has forced a reduction of the dividend so that funds can be raised internally.

The application of these funds have been diverted from dividend streams to future growth projects.

I propose that after the expansion phase of their pipeline system is accomplished a strong dividend policy will be reintroduced.

To accumulate KMI shares during this stock price weakness is an opportunistic, but long term investment that will pay dividends into the long term future at above market yields.

The price weakness started when KMI announced it was buying (along with Brookfield Infrastructure)the remaining assets of the troubled Natural Gas Pipeline of North America:

Kinder Morgan, Inc. ( KMI) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP, TSX: BIP.UN) today announced a definitive agreement whereby they will jointly acquire, from Myria Holdings, Inc., the 53 percent equity interest in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) not already owned by them for a total purchase price of approximately $242 million. KMI will pay approximately $136 million and increase its ownership interest from 20 percent to 50 percent, and Brookfield Infrastructure will pay approximately $106 million and increase its ownership from approximately 27 percent to 50 percent. The transaction values NGPL at a total enterprise value of $3.4 billion, inclusive of existing debt.

Kinder Morgan, Brookfield Infrastructure to Acquire Myria Holdings Inc.'s Majority Interest in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America

At this point Standard and Poors has put KMI on a credit watch and that has caused the reduced dividend - which was needed to shore up KMI credit rating.

This is where present and future LNG ports to export LNG are located - well within KMI'S pipeline presence.


This is a description of the assets bought by KMI and Brookfield:

pipeline.kindermorgan.com

One can easily see that Kinder has added to their existing network a 9200 mile pipeline that is well situated to grow Mexico exports and LNG exports as well as electrical generation plants and industrial plants for converting hydrocarbons to many products.

Once again this is a long term plan, and huge in scope.

It will be a long term dividend growth retirement plan for me.

I encourage others to join in the study of this expansion and critique weaknesses that may be mentioned.

LETS MAKE SOME LONG TERM MONEY HERE !!!
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215Hi E_K_S, I like the return of capital from KMI.I surely doubted it at first, brobert b furman-last Friday
214I have never been a fan of return of capital, but as your text points out in somJohnny Canuck1last Friday
213Kinder Morgan Insider Sold Shares Worth $526,536, According to a Recent SEC FiliE_K_S-last Friday
212Hi Johnny, Most are take or pay. Fixed monthly fees for a fixed amount of produrobert b furman-last Tuesday
211Thks.Johnny Canuck-last Monday
210Here are the type of new contracts KMI are using; Basically they get minimum feE_K_S-last Monday
209Any idea what new projects they have in the pipeline? It looks like energy pricJohnny Canuck-last Monday
208Kinder Morgan Expects EPS of $1.21 in 20244:36 PM ET, 12/04/2023 - MT NewswireE_K_S-last Monday
207If you are interested in pipelines, there may be better places to look than KMI.richardsok-November 16
206No doubt what their filing for a mixed shelf offering was all about. inder Morgrobert b furman1November 7
2052022 dividends were treated as return of capital. 2023 - first three payments waccountant-November 3
204Kinder Morgan Files for Mixed-Shelf Offering3:22 PM ET, 10/23/2023 - MT NewswireE_K_S-October 23
203Hi Miraje, They are just now in this quarter (and a little late on one large prrobert b furman1October 19
202Market response to latest KMI earnings was pretty much "ho hum". Fairlmiraje1October 19
201Hi E_K_S, Kellogg Brown & Root, I have had the pleasure of many a fantastirobert b furman1October 15
200Ditchdigger on some of the SI threads I monitor has owned KBR Inc(KBR) and mE_K_S-October 15
199My pipeline holdings include KMI, WMB & PBA. Also have a few ENB, ET & E_K_S-October 15
198Good Morning E_K_S, My thoughts on KMI's coming earnings webcast and a goodrobert b furman-October 15
197Remember if it one of those new contracts and they are moving vol, then it'sE_K_S-August 8
196Hi E_K_S, Looks like KMI has several pipelines going into Mexico. Add that to robert b furman-August 8
195U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico established a new monthly record in June 2023E_K_S-August 8
194I agree.nestseatropical-July 26
193Hi E_K_S, Yes, I like that new feature. It seems to be only on new business/corobert b furman-July 21
192Pipelines I own KMI, WMB & PBA; All have been trending higher, dividends niE_K_S-July 21
191Pipelines I own KMI, WMB & PBA; All have been trending higher, dividends niE_K_S-July 21
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