Kinder Morgan and El Paso announced a definitive agreement
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE:KMP). Last Market Price: 73.69, Change: +2.18, % Change: (3.05%). Shares trade in the range of 72.81 – 75.48 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 24.30B dollars, making it a Large Cap Stock and has 329.71M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 0.34, indicating, the stock to be less volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is 0.58; P/E of 126.2. It operates in Utilities sector and belongs to Natural Gas Utilities industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 13%. The company has a 52 week high of $ 78.00 and a 52 week low of $ 63.42. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 738,778. Volume traded in the last session was at 1,050,000, 1.42 times the average volume.
- Kinder Morgan and El Paso announced a definitive agreement whereby KMI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP
For Q2 (Jun ’11), It had a Net profit margin of 11.48%, an Operating margin of 14.37%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of 4.22%, Return on average equity of -3.50%. The organization has an employee strength of 8,142
Consensus Recommendation is a Hold.
Estimate for sales for the Quarter Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 2,374.11 million dollars, an estimate high of 2,791.14 million dollars and an estimate low of 2,068.73 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 2,398.83 million dollars.
Estimate for sales for the Quarter Ending Mar-12 show a mean of 2,451.73 million dollars, an estimate high of 2,801.60 million dollars and an estimate low of 2,269.79 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 2,110.60 million dollars.
Estimate for EPS for the Quarter Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 0.67 dollars, an estimate high of 0.87 dollars and an estimate low of 0.52 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 0.56 dollars.
Estimate for EPS for the Quarter Ending Mar-12 show a mean of 0.61 dollars, an estimate high of 0.77 dollars and an estimate low of 0.53 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 0.50 dollars.
Sales for Quarter Ending Jun-11 was estimated at 2,123.63 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 2,019.30 million dollars, 104.33 million dollars less than estimates.
Sales for Quarter Ending Mar-11 was estimated at 2,363.26 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 1,992.80 million dollars, 370.46 million dollars less than estimates.
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