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ONEOK Inc.: Q2 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q2 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 4 August 2025: press release. Guidance figures: 1 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Net income to ONEOK rose: Net income attributable to ONEOK was $841 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, against $780 million and $1.33 a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA was $1.98 billion, against $1.62 billion. Source
  • Acquisitions drove the increase: Management attributed results mainly to the EnLink and Medallion acquisitions, partly offset by 2024 divestitures of certain assets. Source
  • Gathering and processing EBITDA rose most: Segment adjusted EBITDA was $540 million, against $371 million. EnLink added $240 million, while the 2024 divestitures reduced it by $59 million. Source
  • Rocky Mountain NGL volumes grew: Rocky Mountain region NGL raw feed throughput was up 11%. Total NGL raw feed throughput was 1,527 MBbl/d, against 1,365 MBbl/d a year earlier. Source
  • Delaware Basin JV fully acquired: ONEOK acquired the remaining 49.9% interest in Delaware G&P LLC in May 2025. The six-month cash flow statement shows $536 million paid for the Delaware Basin JV acquisition. Source
  • BridgeTex stake raised to 60%: ONEOK acquired an additional 30% of BridgeTex Pipeline in July 2025, bringing its interest to 60%. BridgeTex earnings were lower in the quarter. Source

“ONEOK’s higher second-quarter performance reflects the strategy of our contiguous integrated business model and sustained demand for the critical energy services we provide”

Pierce H. Norton II, ONEOK president and chief executive officer

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Quarterly dividend SourceQuarterly dividend declared July 2025$1.03 per share, $4.12 annualizedKept

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance kept: Full-year 2025 financial guidance ranges were affirmed, as they were in the first quarter release. Source
  • New: ONEOK acquired an additional 30% of BridgeTex Pipeline in July 2025, raising its ownership to 60%. Source
  • New: ONEOK acquired the remaining 49.9% interest in Delaware G&P LLC, the Delaware Basin JV, in May 2025. Source

Second quarter earnings and drivers

  • Net income to ONEOK rose: Net income attributable to ONEOK was $841 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, against $780 million and $1.33 a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA was $1.98 billion, against $1.62 billion. Source
  • Acquisitions drove the increase: Management attributed results mainly to the EnLink and Medallion acquisitions, partly offset by 2024 divestitures of certain assets. Source
  • Transaction costs included in adjusted EBITDA: Second-quarter adjusted EBITDA included $21 million of transaction costs, related primarily to the EnLink acquisition. Pretax transaction costs were $22 million. Source
  • Six-month diluted EPS was $2.38: For the six months, diluted EPS was $2.38, against $2.42, and adjusted EBITDA was $3.76 billion, against $3.07 billion. Source

Segment results

  • Gathering and processing EBITDA rose most: Segment adjusted EBITDA was $540 million, against $371 million. EnLink added $240 million, while the 2024 divestitures reduced it by $59 million. Source
  • NGL segment rose on EnLink: Natural Gas Liquids adjusted EBITDA was $673 million, against $635 million. EnLink added $50 million, and exchange services fell $11 million on lower Mid-Continent fee rates. Source
  • Refined products and crude rose: Refined Products and Crude adjusted EBITDA was $557 million, against $467 million. Crude oil shipped reached 1,782 MBbl/d, against 731 MBbl/d. Source
  • Pipelines rose on EnLink: Natural Gas Pipelines adjusted EBITDA was $188 million, against $152 million. EnLink added $69 million, while the interstate pipeline divestiture reduced it by $31 million. Source

“ONEOK remains well positioned to deliver long-term value to stakeholders.”

Pierce H. Norton II, ONEOK president and chief executive officer

Volumes and throughput

  • Rocky Mountain NGL volumes grew: Rocky Mountain region NGL raw feed throughput was up 11%. Total NGL raw feed throughput was 1,527 MBbl/d, against 1,365 MBbl/d a year earlier. Source
  • Volume gains lifted gathering EBITDA: Higher volumes added $18 million to gathering and processing EBITDA, from production gains in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions. Natural gas processed was 5,573 MMcf/d, against 2,326. Source
  • Pipeline capacity contracted at 97%: Transportation capacity contracted was 97% in the quarter, against 96% a year earlier. Source

Operating costs and expenses

  • Operating costs rose on EnLink: Operating costs were $706 million, against $569 million. Depreciation and amortization was $368 million, against $262 million. Source
  • Employee-related costs rose in NGL: Six-month NGL operating costs rose $16 million, mainly on employee-related costs tied to growth of ONEOK's operations. Gathering and processing costs rose $14 million on the same basis. Source
  • Refined products costs fell on timing: Refined Products and Crude operating costs fell $21 million in the quarter, due mainly to lower outside services and property taxes associated with timing. Source

Margins and commodity differentials

  • Liquids blending differentials narrowed: Optimization and marketing fell $8 million in refined products and crude on lower liquids blending differentials, partly offset by higher volumes. Source
  • Ethane price differential held at $0.02: The average Conway-to-Mont Belvieu price differential for ethane was $0.02 per gallon in the quarter, against $0.04 a year earlier. Source

Capital spending and cash flow

  • Capital spending rose year over year: Capital expenditures were $749 million in the quarter, against $479 million, and $1,378 million for the six months, against $991 million. Maintenance capital was $126 million. Source
  • Gathering and processing capex rose: Gathering and processing capital expenditures were $341 million in the quarter, against $101 million. Natural gas liquids capital expenditures fell to $135 million from $285 million. Source
  • Operating cash flow rose: Cash provided by operating activities was $2,429 million for the six months, against $2,026 million a year earlier. Source

Debt, dividends and shareholder returns

  • Repaid senior notes in the quarter: In June 2025 ONEOK repaid the remaining $422 million of 4.15% senior notes at maturity. In May it repurchased $169 million of senior notes for $133 million. Source
  • Credit agreement undrawn at quarter end: ONEOK had no borrowings under its $3.5 billion credit agreement and $97 million of cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2025. Source
  • Short-term borrowings reached $1.2 billion: Balance sheet short-term borrowings were $1,205 million at June 30, 2025, against none at December 31, 2024. Current maturities of long-term debt were $1,637 million. Source
  • Dividends paid rose; buybacks totalled $30 million: Dividends paid were $1,287 million for the six months, against $1,156 million. Share repurchases were $30 million for the six months, the same as in the first quarter. Source
  • Shares outstanding rose to 629.7 million: Shares outstanding were 629,749,279 at June 30, 2025, against 583,110,633 at December 31, 2024. Source

Acquisitions, strategy and ratings

  • Delaware Basin JV fully acquired: ONEOK acquired the remaining 49.9% interest in Delaware G&P LLC in May 2025. The six-month cash flow statement shows $536 million paid for the Delaware Basin JV acquisition. Source
  • BridgeTex stake raised to 60%: ONEOK acquired an additional 30% of BridgeTex Pipeline in July 2025, bringing its interest to 60%. BridgeTex earnings were lower in the quarter. Source
  • Permian presence expanded: Management described investments in high-return projects as providing operating leverage and growth across key production regions, including an expanded Permian Basin presence. Source
  • ESG ratings received: ONEOK received an MSCI ESG Rating of AAA in May 2025 and was included in the FTSE4Good Index in June 2025. Source

Risks management discussed

  • Operational: Unplanned outages raised inventory of unfractionated NGLs, which weighed on exchange services in the Mid-Continent region. Source
  • External: Lower realized NGL prices, partly offset by higher realized natural gas prices, reduced gathering and processing EBITDA by $33 million in the quarter. Source
  • Demand: Six-month refined products and crude transportation and storage fell $16 million on operational timing and lower legacy-system volumes. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: Management said it continues to make meaningful progress on acquisition-related synergies and organic growth. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.