3 Stocks We Like More Than Kinder Morgan Inc.

Travis Hoium : Kinder Morgan is supposed to be a cash-flow machine for investors, acting as a toll collector on thousands of miles of oil and gas pipelines. At the end of the day, the company should be judged by its cash flow and dividend — which is no longer a great value at a 2.2% dividend yield.

Kinder Morgan Shares Fall Ahead of Earnings Release

The pipeline operator likely will announce few updates on Wednesday’s earnings call as analysts suspect it will save the biggest news for next week’s analyst day. The country’s largest energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan is set to report fourth quarter earnings after markets close Wednesday, Jan. 18, and analysts are calling for EPS of 18 cents on $3.5 billion in revenue, according to FactSet.