Summary
ONEOK Inc.'s first quarter 2013 results show a decrease in net income attributable to ONEOK compared to the prior year, largely driven by lower earnings from its ONEOK Partners segment. This decline was influenced by narrower NGL price differentials and the impact of ethane rejection, which reduced natural gas liquids volumes. Despite these challenges, the company saw revenue growth, supported by higher natural gas and NGL volumes from ONEOK Partners' completed projects and increased natural gas prices. The company is actively investing in significant growth projects, particularly within ONEOK Partners' natural gas gathering and processing and natural gas liquids businesses, totaling billions of dollars through 2015. These investments are focused on expanding infrastructure to meet producer demand in key regions like the Williston Basin and the Mid-Continent. While capital expenditures increased year-over-year, management is navigating market conditions by optimizing capacity and renegotiating contracts in its Energy Services segment. The company maintained compliance with its debt covenants and reaffirmed its credit ratings, indicating a stable financial position despite the prevailing market headwinds.
Financial Highlights
50 data points| Revenue | $2.52B |
| Cost of Revenue | $2.15B |
| Gross Profit | $371.11M |
| Operating Expenses | $196.42M |
| Operating Income | $174.73M |
| Interest Expense | $64.49M |
| Net Income | $112.52M |
| EPS (Basic) | $0.55 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $0.54 |
| Shares Outstanding (Basic) | 205.48M |
| Shares Outstanding (Diluted) | 209.46M |
Key Highlights
- 1Net income attributable to ONEOK decreased by 8% year-over-year to $112.5 million, primarily due to lower earnings from the ONEOK Partners segment.
- 2Revenues increased by 4% to $3,541.4 million, driven by higher natural gas prices and increased volumes from ONEOK Partners' completed projects, partially offset by lower NGL prices and ethane rejection.
- 3Operating income decreased by 16% to $273.8 million, reflecting narrower NGL price differentials and lower NGL product prices, though partially offset by higher volumes and a prior year goodwill impairment charge.
- 4ONEOK Partners reported a 31% decrease in operating income to $177.7 million, impacted by lower NGL price differentials, ethane rejection, and reduced transportation rates for Northern Border Pipeline.
- 5Capital expenditures significantly increased by 44% to $501.1 million, largely due to substantial investments in ONEOK Partners' growth projects in its natural gas gathering and processing and NGL businesses.
- 6The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share and ONEOK Partners declared a distribution of $0.715 per unit, both reflecting increases from the previous year.
- 7ONEOK and ONEOK Partners maintained compliance with their respective credit agreement covenants, with ONEOK's debt-to-capital ratio at 49.3% and ONEOK Partners' debt-to-EBITDA ratio at 3.3 to 1.