Yahoo Finance Broker Revenue Forecasts For ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE) Are Surging Higher
Celebrations may be in order for ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The analysts have sharply increased their revenue numbers, with a view that ONEOK will make substantially more sales than they'd previously expected.
After the upgrade, the twelve analysts covering ONEOK are now predicting revenues of US$23b in 2022. If met, this would reflect a sizeable 22% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to step up 18% to US$3.98. Prior to this update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$21b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$4.00 in 2022. There's clearly been a surge in bullishness around the company's sales pipeline, even if there's no real change in earnings per share forecasts.
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Even though revenue forecasts increased, there was no change to the consensus price target of US$71.53, suggesting the analysts are focused on earnings as the driver of value creation. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. There are some variant perceptions on ONEOK, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at US$82.00 and the most bearish at US$56.00 per share. These price targets show that analysts do have some differing views on the business, but the estimates do not vary enough to suggest to us that some are betting on wild success or utter failure.
One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. The analysts are definitely expecting ONEOK's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 30% annualised growth to the end of 2022 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 3.7% per annum over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the same industry are forecast to see their revenue shrink 2.8% per year. So it's clear with the acceleration in growth, ONEOK is expected to grow meaningfully faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away is that there's been no major change in sentiment, with analysts reconfirming that earnings per share are expected to continue performing in line with their prior expectations. Fortunately, they also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Seeing the dramatic upgrade to this year's forecasts, it might be time to take another look at ONEOK.
Analysts are definitely bullish on ONEOK, but no company is perfect. Indeed, you should know that there are several potential concerns to be aware of, including its declining profit margins. You can learn more, and discover the 2 other flags we've identified, for free on our platform here.
Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.
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