Kinder Morgan, Inc.: Beat — EPS $0.35, Revenue $4.53B
Earnings BeatQ3 2026 · After-market
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Did Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) beat earnings today?
Yes, Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) beat Wall Street analyst expectations for Q3 2026, reporting higher-than-expected EPS and higher-than-expected revenue.
Earnings Per Share+6.06% surprise
$0.35Actual
Expected: $0.33
vs. year ago +21.0%
Total Revenue+3.45% surprise
$4.53BActual
Expected: $4.38B
vs. year ago +9.3%
Released Oct 21 · 4:05 PM ET
Earning Report
| Metric | Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 | YoY Change % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.53B | $4.15B | +9.3 |
| Net Income | $764.00M | $628.00M | +22.0 |
| GAAP Basic and Diluted EPS | $0.34 | $0.28 | +21.0 |
| Adj. EPS | $0.35 | $0.29 | +21.0 |
Financial Outlook / Guidance
| Metric | Next Quarter Outlook | 2026 Outlook |
|---|---|---|
| Net Income Attributable to KMI | — | $3.1B |
| Adjusted EPS | — | $1.36 (>13% favorable to budget) |
| Declared Dividends | — | $1.19/share |
| Adjusted EBITDA | — | $8.6B (>6% favorable to budget) |
| Net Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA | — | 3.6 times (budget 3.8 times; 0.2 times favorable) |
Business Highlights
- ➤Approved a $0.2975 per-share third-quarter cash dividend, payable November 16, 2026.
- ➤Expansion project backlog reached $14.4B, including a record $13.2B natural gas backlog.
- ➤SNG reached FID on the Southeast Connector Project after securing long-term shipper agreements.
- ➤Southeast Connector is designed for up to 2.6 Bcf/d and approximately 470 miles of new pipeline.
- ➤NGPL reached FID on the Permian Link Project serving new power generation for an A-rated hyperscaler.
- ➤Permian Link is designed for approximately 2.8 Bcf/d through approximately 434 miles of new pipeline.
- ➤Sanctioned second and third phases of the Creekside Lateral Project for data center and industrial customers.
- ➤SNG and TGP reached FID on the Bear Creek Storage Expansion Project.
- ➤KMI, Phillips 66, and HF Sinclair finalized a joint venture for the proposed Western Gateway Pipeline.
- ➤Completed the sale of three dry-bulk terminals in Tampa, Florida to Watco affiliates.
- ➤Advanced Houston Ship Channel hub blending and dedicated-pipeline expansion efforts.
- ➤Issued $1.15B of 5.55% senior notes and $600M of 6.15% senior notes.
Management Commentary
Richard D. Kinder, Executive Chairman
“Our record-setting performance is firmly grounded in our long-standing business model. We enjoy a strategically located network of assets and a portfolio of long-term, fee-based contracts with financially strong customers, providing stable and predictable cash flows.”
Richard D. Kinder, Executive Chairman
“Our natural gas business in particular is benefiting from increasing LNG exports, rising power demand, and industrial expansion and is capitalizing on significant opportunities for investment across our footprint.”
Richard D. Kinder, Executive Chairman
“We expect those investments to generate attractive returns, driving future earnings and cash flows to support a growing dividend and maintain a strong balance sheet, all while helping meet growing energy demand in the United States and the world.”
Kim Dang, Chief Executive Officer
“This quarter we increased our expansion project backlog to $14.4 billion, including the largest natural gas project backlog in company history at $13.2 billion. Two new major projects in the backlog include Southern Natural Gas Company’s (SNG) Southeast Connector and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America’s (NGPL) Permian Link. Each project is designed to transport over 2.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas and will be among the largest natural gas pipeline projects to be constructed in decades. The Southeast Connector Project is especially transformative in that it will deliver abundant Marcellus/Utica supply to the Southeast, one of the fastest growing demand centers in the country.”
Kim Dang, Chief Executive Officer
“Along with the August announcement of our Western Gateway Pipeline Project, which will deliver refined products to Arizona and, for the first time via pipeline, to California, these projects will optimize energy flows in multiple regions of the U.S. We are proud to be leading that effort.”
Kim Dang, Chief Executive Officer
“We are equally proud of the financial and operational excellence that resulted in a record third quarter. Strong financial contributions from our business segments delivered third quarter 2026 net income attributable to KMI of $764 million, 22% higher than the third quarter of 2025, while Adjusted EPS and Adjusted EBITDA were 21% and 9% higher, respectively, than the third quarter of 2025.”
Kim Dang, Chief Executive Officer
“Throughout the year we have continued to internally fund high-quality capital projects while generating stable cash flow from operations of $5 billion and free cash flow, after capital expenditures and dividends, of $230 million. Our balance sheet remains healthy, as we ended the quarter with a Net Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA ratio of 3.5 times, at the low end of our targeted range.”
Kim Dang, Chief Executive Officer
“As noted above, the expansion project backlog at the end of the third quarter was $14.4 billion, up $4.7 billion from the second quarter of 2026, with $5.4 billion of additions net of $700 million in projects placed in service. More than 75% of the total backlog is associated with projects supporting power generation and local distribution company demand. As our record-setting performance indicates, the strong interest from our customers in developing additional natural gas infrastructure continues to grow.”
Kim Dang, Chief Executive Officer
“In calculating backlog Project EBITDA multiples, we exclude both the capital and EBITDA from our CO(2) enhanced oil recovery projects and our gathering and processing projects where first-full-year multiples are more favorable, but the earnings are more uneven than with our other business segments. The larger $13.7 billion portion of the backlog represents stable, primarily take-or-pay cash flows. When those projects are realized, we expect them to generate an aggregate first-full-year Project EBITDA multiple of approximately 5.7 times.”
Dax Sanders, KMI President
“The Natural Gas Pipelines business segment’s financial performance was up in the third quarter of 2026 relative to the third quarter of 2025, on higher contributions from the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline (EPNG), KinderHawk gathering system, Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP), and our Texas Intrastate system.”
Dax Sanders, KMI President
“Natural gas transport volumes were up 3% compared to the third quarter of 2025, primarily due to LNG deliveries on TGP and increased demand for services on our Texas Intrastate system.”
Dax Sanders, KMI President
“Natural gas gathering volumes were up 14% from the third quarter of 2025, primarily on our KinderHawk system.”
Dax Sanders, KMI President
“While the Products Pipelines business segment had favorable contributions compared to the third quarter of 2025, primarily due to favorable commodity pricing, these were more than offset by legal, environmental, and other expense accruals, which are treated as Certain Items.”
Dax Sanders, KMI President
“Total refined products volumes were down 3% compared to the third quarter of 2025, due to a higher commodity price environment over the quarter. Crude and condensate volumes were down 11% compared to the third quarter of 2025, due to lower gathered volumes in the Bakken and the conversion of our Double H pipeline to natural gas liquids service.”
Dax Sanders, KMI President
“Terminals business segment earnings were up compared to the third quarter of 2025 on higher liquids contributions from expansion projects placed into service, higher commodity prices, increased strength in our coal and petroleum coke handling activities, and higher rates on our Jones Act tanker fleet.”
Dax Sanders, KMI President
“CO(2) business segment earnings, which include the Energy Transition Ventures group, were up compared to the third quarter of 2025, due primarily to higher commodity prices and higher crude and NGL volumes. Volumes at SACROC, our largest field, were up 11% compared to the prior year period, and NGL sales volumes were up 9%.”