What is US Capital Advisors' Forecast for ONEOK Q1 Earnings?

ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE - Free Report) - US Capital Advisors issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of ONEOK in a report issued on Monday, March 24th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $1.67 per share for the quarter. US Capital Advisors has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for ONEOK's current full-year earnings is $5.07 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for ONEOK's Q3 2026 earnings at $1.76 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.82 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Citigroup initiated coverage on ONEOK in a research report on Friday, February 28th. They set a "buy" rating and a $110.00 price target on the stock. Wolfe Research raised ONEOK from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $110.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Monday, February 10th. Truist Financial upped their target price on ONEOK from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of ONEOK from $105.00 to $101.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of ONEOK from $107.00 to $102.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, ONEOK has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $105.00.

ONEOK Price Performance

Shares of ONEOK stock traded down $0.21 on Tuesday, hitting $98.47. 2,167,767 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,029,047. ONEOK has a 12-month low of $76.23 and a 12-month high of $118.07. The company has a current ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.59. The company has a market cap of $61.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.60, a P/E/G ratio of 3.77 and a beta of 1.70. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $98.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $100.17.

ONEOK (NYSE:OKE - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 24th. The utilities provider reported $1.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.11. ONEOK had a net margin of 14.05% and a return on equity of 16.84%. The company had revenue of $7 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.18 billion.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. lifted its stake in ONEOK by 10.3% in the third quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. now owns 71,918 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $6,554,000 after acquiring an additional 6,713 shares during the period. Nwam LLC bought a new position in ONEOK in the 3rd quarter worth $224,000. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of ONEOK by 21.5% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 154,250 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $14,057,000 after purchasing an additional 27,305 shares during the period. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of ONEOK by 90.6% during the 3rd quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 30,822 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $2,809,000 after purchasing an additional 14,647 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of ONEOK by 3.9% during the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 30,049 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $2,738,000 after buying an additional 1,131 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 69.13% of the company's stock.

ONEOK Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a $1.03 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. This is a boost from ONEOK's previous quarterly dividend of $0.99. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.18%. ONEOK's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 79.69%.

About ONEOK

ONEOK, Inc engages in gathering, processing, fractionation, storage, transportation, and marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States. It operates through four segments: Natural Gas Gathering and Processing, Natural Gas Liquids, Natural Gas Pipelines, and Refined Products and Crude.