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Raymond James Financial Issues Pessimistic Forecast for ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) Stock Price

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ONEOK (NYSE:OKE - Get Free Report) had its price objective cut by stock analysts at Raymond James Financial from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an "outperform" rating on the utilities provider's stock. Raymond James Financial's price target suggests a potential upside of 37.05% from the stock's previous close.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on OKE. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on ONEOK from $102.00 to $93.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Scotiabank set a $92.00 price target on ONEOK and gave the company a "sector outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. TD Cowen started coverage on ONEOK in a research note on Monday, July 7th. They issued a "hold" rating and a $91.00 target price on the stock. Barclays decreased their price target on ONEOK from $101.00 to $91.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on ONEOK from $94.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 3rd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $103.53.

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ONEOK Stock Down 0.1%

NYSE:OKE traded down $0.12 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $80.26. The stock had a trading volume of 1,145,559 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,483,824. The company has a current ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35. ONEOK has a 1-year low of $75.48 and a 1-year high of $118.07. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $81.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $90.06. The company has a market cap of $50.53 billion, a PE ratio of 15.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 0.93.

ONEOK (NYSE:OKE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The utilities provider reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by ($0.24). The company had revenue of $6.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.23 billion. ONEOK had a net margin of 12.15% and a return on equity of 15.58%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.09 earnings per share. Analysts predict that ONEOK will post 5.07 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ONEOK

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in OKE. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of ONEOK by 7.2% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 75,196,969 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $7,461,043,000 after purchasing an additional 5,076,705 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of ONEOK by 13.8% during the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 20,957,230 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $2,079,376,000 after buying an additional 2,542,449 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in ONEOK by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,037,890 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $1,405,697,000 after buying an additional 357,015 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in ONEOK by 25.1% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,339,939 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $827,489,000 after acquiring an additional 1,674,706 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. boosted its holdings in ONEOK by 17.1% in the 1st quarter. Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. now owns 7,171,795 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $711,586,000 after purchasing an additional 1,047,810 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.13% of the company's stock.

About ONEOK

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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.

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