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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001506307-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMI"
cik: "0001506307"
company_name: "KINDER MORGAN, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:33:10.287585+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kinder Morgan Q4 EPS down 10% YoY; raises 2024 guidance after STX Midstream close

## Summary
- Q4 EPS $0.27 (down 10% YoY), DCF per share $0.52 (down 4%), net income $594M from $670M.
- Board approves $0.2825/share dividend, +2% vs Q4 2022; payable Feb 15 to holders of record Jan 31.
- Raises 2024 EPS guidance to $1.22 (up 15% vs 2023) and DCF per share to $2.26; includes $1.8B STX Midstream acquisition closed Dec 28.
- Full year 2023 net income $2.391B, DCF $4.715B; repurchased 31.5M shares for $522M.
- Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA at 4.2x; project backlog $3B; 80% of backlog in lower-carbon investments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001506307-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMI
- cik: 0001506307
- company_name: KINDER MORGAN, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000004/0001506307-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000004/kmi-20240117.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. reported the quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: EPS $0.27. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - EPS: $0.27
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On January 17, 2024, Kinder Morgan, Inc. issued a press release announcing its preliminary financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 and that it will hold a webcast conference call on January 17, 2024 discussing those results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000004/0001506307-24-000004-index.htm

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