KMI Earnings Predictions — 2026-07-22

Ticker Report or Guide KPI Prediction Answer Confidence
KMI Report Adjusted EPS BEAT pred ~$0.32 vs. cons $0.31 MEDIUM
KMI Report Adjusted EBITDA BEAT pred ~$2.15B vs. cons $2.10B MEDIUM
KMI Report Revenue IN-LINE pred ~$4.25B vs. cons $4.29B LOW
KMI Guide FY2026 Adjusted EBITDA (vs. budget/consensus) BETTER guide ~$8.85B vs. cons $8.75B (FY2026) MEDIUM
KMI Guide FY2026 Year-end Net Debt/Adj. EBITDA leverage BETTER guide ~3.6x-3.7x vs. cons/budget 3.8x (FY2026 year-end) MEDIUM
KMI Guide Project backlog (incl. Monument/shadow-backlog adds) BETTER guide ~$10.5B vs. prior $10.1B (Q2 2026 update) LOW
KMI Guide FERC decision on SSE4/MSX (~$5.2B combined) UNKNOWN guide ~decision by 7/31/26 vs. cons 7/31/26 (near-term catalyst) LOW
KMI Return Day-1 residual (stock − beta × S&P 500) +0.4% MEDIUM
KMI Return 5-day cumulative residual -0.6% (FADE) Q1's outsized 41% EPS growth was explicitly flagged by management as weather/storm-driven (Storm Fern, Northeast cold) rather than a structural step-change; Q2 lacks that tailwind, so even a modest EPS/EBITDA beat vs. Q2 consensus is likely to be read against the tougher 2H comp. Analysts who extrapolated Q1's >3%-above-budget pace into FY estimates will likely trim out-quarter (Q3/Q4) EBITDA and EPS forecasts back toward the original budget cadence once Q2 confirms normalization, pulling the average estimate down over the following days even if the print itself beats. Leverage improvement and Monument/backlog additions provide a partial offset preventing a sharper fade, and unresolved FERC timing (SSE4/MSX due ~7/31) adds two-sided event risk that could interrupt any post-print drift. MEDIUM