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Investing.com — Kinder Morgan (NYSE) posted earnings for its third quarter following the close of Wednesday.

On revenue of $4.29 trillion, the energy infrastructure company reported earnings per share at 32 cents. The polled analysts by Investing.comOn revenue of $3.64 trillion, EPS is expected to be 28cs.

“The company is off to a great start this year and once again generated robust earnings and strong coverage of this quarter’s dividend. We continue to live within our cash flow, have reduced our debt by more than $11 billion since 2015, and plan for this year to be the fifth consecutive year of increased dividends,” said KMI Executive Chairman Richard Kinder.

According to the company, the earnings from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri in February impacted the results of the quarter. This resulted in current quarter earnings being lower than the prior period. Nonrecurring earnings aside, current-quarter earnings for the company would exceed the prior year.

In the future, KMI will contribute $2.5 Billion to the company’s net income. The company also expects to announce dividends at $1.11 per share. This is an increase of 3% from 2021.

KMI anticipates that net income, earnings prior to interest, taxes depreciation or amortization, as well as discounted cash flow, will be more favorable than budget because of stronger commodity prices than we expected and positive operating results in our CO2 and other business segments.

“During 2022 we expect to once again fund our expansion capital opportunities internally, meet or exceed our debt metric goal, and return excess cash to our shareholders through a dividend increase and opportunistic share repurchases,” added Kinder.

The report led to a drop in Kinder Morgan stocks of 0.35%.