Ticker: OKE Price Target: $48 Location: Houston, TX Specialty: Midstream services Comments: "OKE.’s interest in ONEOK Partners (OKS) is its primary growth engine (OKE owns ~40% of outstanding OKS stock plus the general partner). The GP interest provides strong cash flow growth (doubling within two years)." Source: Morgan Stanley
Oneok Inc. (OKE). Oneok Inc. owns 43.4% of Oneok Partners. Each $0.01 per unit distribution increase provides $12.5 million in incremental annual distributions to Oneok Inc.
Oneok Partners and Oneok Inc. have closely aligned interests, as growth projects are expected to drive continued distribution growth. Two-thirds of every incremental Oneok Partners' EBITDA dollar in 2012 flows to Oneok Inc. in cash as distributions increase.
Oneok Inc. currently offers a 3% dividend yield and is expected to grow its dividend to 60-70% of recurring earnings.