Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI): Today's Featured Energy Winner

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Kinder Morgan (KMI) pushed the Energy industry higher today making it today's featured energy winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, Kinder Morgan rose 64 cents (1.9%) to $34.86 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5.8 million shares of Kinder Morgan exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $34.52-$34.99 after having opened the day at $34.86 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $34.22. Other companies within the Energy industry that increased today were: Gasco Energy (GSX), up 18.5%, HyperDynamics Corporation (HDY), up 8.9%, Zion Oil & Gas (ZN), up 7.8%, and Torch Energy Royalty (TRU), up 5.9%.

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Kinder Morgan, Inc. owns and operates energy transportation and storage assets in the United States and Canada. The company operates in six segments: Products Pipelines-KMP, Natural Gas Pipelines KMP, CO2 KMP, Terminals KMP, Kinder Morgan Canada KMP, and NGPL PipeCo LLC. Kinder Morgan has a market cap of $25.55 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 74.9, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 401.6 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Kinder Morgan a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Kinder Morgan as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, generally high debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, ATP Oil & Gas (ATPG), down 34.7%, Dejour Energy (DEJ), down 14.2%, GeoPetro Resources Company (GPR), down 12.3%, and Recon Technology (RCON), down 8.7%, were all laggards within the energy industry with Anadarko Petroleum (APC) being today's energy industry laggard.

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