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Bond yields are flashing warning lights again, with the 10 year Treasury at 5.25% and borrowing costs at levels last seen before the global financial crisis. Expensive growth stories feel the pressure when money is no longer cheap, and hard asset infrastructure starts to look more interesting. This piece breaks down why US energy transport operators could matter now and highlights three pipeline stocks from the midstream universe to watch. The three pipeline operators featured below are only...
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) sees an opportunity-rich environment for midstream infrastructure as natural-gas demand from LNG exports, power generation and industrial growth supports a growing pipeline project pipeline, Chief Financial Officer David Michels said during a fireside chat. Michels said the
Kinder Morgan and Williams both crushed revenue estimates and both collect fat pipeline fees from LNG and data centers, yet one of them is quietly funding its dividend with borrowed money. Knowing which one changes everything about owning it.
Stocks that outperform the market usually share key traits such as rising sales, expanding margins, and increasing returns on capital. The select few that can do all three for many years are often the ones that make you life-changing money.
Kinder Morgan (KMI) recently lagged a rising market, with the stock slipping 1.6% even as broader indices advanced. That move came ahead of earnings, where analysts expect higher EPS and revenue. That recent pullback fits into a mixed picture for Kinder Morgan, with the share price still up 11% year to date while short term momentum has cooled, and a 1-year total shareholder return of 13% sitting on top of very strong 3 and 5-year total returns. Scan how Kinder Morgan compares with a curated...
Most investors assume energy dividends live and die with oil prices, but five pipeline operators have kept raising their payouts through every crash and recovery since 1999. The reason has everything to do with how midstream companies actually get paid.
ONEOK just raised its dividend again and the yield looks generous on paper, but the cash story behind that payout runs through billions in acquisition debt, a thinning free cash flow margin, and a commodity market that is starting to cool.
Pipelines that transport America’s energy sources are increasingly linked to the buildout of AI infrastructure rather than black gold. Artificial intelligence’s insatiable energy demand is well documented, for better or worse, and the number of power-hungry data centers looks likely to rise, despite grassroots opposition. The upshot is that the outlook for midstream companies, the “toll roads” that connect sources of oil and natural gas to their destinations at refineries, petrochemical plants and transportation hubs, has changed.
Kinder Morgan's (KMI) third-quarter core earnings should get a boost from favorable commodity prices
The ticker says energy, but the fund's holdings tell a much narrower story than most investors expect before they buy in.
Key TakeawaysOn Kinder Morgan’s second quarter 2026 call, the company declared a quarterly dividend of $0. 2975 per share, an annualized $1.
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