KMI dividend analysis

KMI dividend deep dive

KMI dividend ledger: $5.92/share, 3.40% yield, 44% earnings payout, 6.4% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 5 years.

KMI dividend safety: 51/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (49/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 44% payout. Risk pillar reads -11/100 alongside.

KMI DRIP scenario at $174.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 19.4%, 10-year ≈ 42.7%, 20-year ≈ 103.5% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for KMI (yield 3.40%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so KMI sits above the cohort by 0.27 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for KMI: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $1.480 per share, the annualized total works out to $5.92 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

KMI closes the loop with a 3.40% / 6.4% / 51/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 44% payout.