Kinder Morgan, Inc. KMI

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
55/100
Moderate

Ranked against 67 peers in Oil & Gas Midstream

About Kinder Morgan, Inc.

Kinder Morgan, Inc. operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in North America. It operates through Natural Gas Pipelines, Products Pipelines, Terminals, and CO2 segments. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment owns and operates interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline, and storage systems; natural gas gathering systems and natural gas processing and treating facilities; natural gas liquids fractionation facilities and transportation … Full KMI analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.71), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.31), raising refinancing risk.
  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.19), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where KMI ranks in Oil & Gas Midstream

Kinder Morgan, Inc. ranks #22 of 56 scored companies in Oil & Gas Midstream by moat score — the top 39%. The widest moat in the group is Hess Midstream LP (HESM) at 84/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
18 International Seaways, Inc. INSW 59/100 Moderate
19 Teekay Corporation Ltd. TK 56/100 Moderate
20 Scorpio Tankers Inc. STNG 56/100 Moderate
21 Frontline Plc FRO 55/100 Moderate
22 Kinder Morgan, Inc. KMI 55/100 Moderate
23 Pembina Pipeline Corp. PBA 55/100 Moderate
24 TORM plc TRMD 54/100 Moderate
25 Imperial Petroleum Inc. - 8.75% IMPPP 53/100 Moderate
26 Teekay Tankers Ltd. TNK 53/100 Moderate

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How KMI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 68 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 54 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 60 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 54 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 32 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 60 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding KMI's moat

What is Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s moat score?

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) scores 55 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #22 of 56 scored companies in Oil & Gas Midstream, the top 39%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 67 companies in Oil & Gas Midstream. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (68/100) and its weakest is Resilience (32/100).

How does Kinder Morgan, Inc. compare with other Oil & Gas Midstream companies?

Kinder Morgan, Inc. ranks #22 of 56 scored companies in Oil & Gas Midstream by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Midstream is Hess Midstream LP (HESM) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Frontline Plc (FRO) at 55 just above it and Pembina Pipeline Corp. (PBA) at 55 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 67 companies in Oil & Gas Midstream. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Kinder Morgan, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Kinder Morgan, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and KMI scores: Pricing Power (68), Cost Advantage (54), Customer Stickiness (60), Capital Efficiency (54), Resilience (32), Scale & Market Position (60). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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