The Kinder Morgan Myth Shrivels With Each Quarter

by David Kranzler
Investment Research Dynamics

The KMI fantasy continues to shrivel, along with its “vaunted” DCF and its CAPEX. The CAPEX narrative is part of what fueled the myth surrounding KMI. Richard Kinder is self-serving Ponzi master who learned his trade under Ken Lay at Enron. He was sucking money out of KMI at a rate of close to half a billion dollars annually by the time the banks forced him to slash and burn the dividend.

Per yesterday’s earnings report for its Q1 2016, Kinders revenues and earnings continue to decline. What happened to the famed “stabilility in earnings and cash flow” – the narrative promoted by Wall Street, the media and the Company itself? The legend had it that Kinder’s contracts insulated the Company’s cash flow from volatility in the energy market. Operating income continues to plunge, falling 24% from Q1 2015 to Q1 2016.

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