Compared to Estimates, Oneok (OKE) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
Although the revenue and EPS for Oneok (OKE) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Oneok Inc. (OKE) reported $12.05 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 52.8%. EPS of $1.53 for the same period compares to $1.34 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +13.03% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.66 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.39, the EPS surprise was +10.07%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Oneok performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Raw feed throughput - Natural Gas Liquids: 1,630.00 MBBL/d versus 1,528.46 MBBL/d estimated by two analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Natural Gas Liquids: $659 million versus $717.28 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Refined Products & Crude: $627 million compared to the $562.39 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Natural Gas Pipelines: $297 million compared to the $276.42 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Natural Gas Gathering and Processing: $546 million versus $546.41 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Oneok have returned +3.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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