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ONEOK Inc.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 28 October 2025: press release. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Net income and EPS rose: The company reported net income of $940 million and diluted EPS of $1.49, compared with $693 million and $1.18 in third quarter 2024. Net income attributable to ONEOK was $939 million. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA reached $2.12 billion: Adjusted EBITDA was $2,119 million, against $1,545 million in third quarter 2024. The figure includes $7 million of transaction costs. Source
  • Acquisitions and volumes drove results: The company said results were driven mainly by the EnLink and Medallion acquisitions across its system and by higher natural gas liquids and natural gas processing volumes. Source
  • EnLink added $250 million to gathering: Of the gathering and processing segment's third quarter increase, $250 million came from adjusted EBITDA from EnLink. Source
  • Rocky Mountain NGL throughput up 17%: NGL raw feed throughput in the Rocky Mountain region rose 17% from third quarter 2024. Source
  • Capital expenditures rose to $804 million: Capital expenditures including maintenance were $804 million, against $468 million. Maintenance capital was $162 million, against $109 million. Source
  • Cash held with no borrowings: At Sept. 30, 2025 the company held about $1.2 billion of cash and cash equivalents and had no borrowings under its credit agreement or commercial paper program. Source

“ONEOK’s strong third quarter demonstrates the consistent execution of acquisition- related integration strategies by our employees, as well as the continued solid performance of our contiguously integrated assets,”

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

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance kept: The company affirmed its 2025 net income and adjusted EBITDA guidance ranges. The release gives no revised ranges. Source
  • New: In August 2025 the company entered a joint venture to construct a 450-mile natural gas pipeline from the Permian Basin to Katy, Texas. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Net income and EPS rose: The company reported net income of $940 million and diluted EPS of $1.49, compared with $693 million and $1.18 in third quarter 2024. Net income attributable to ONEOK was $939 million. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA reached $2.12 billion: Adjusted EBITDA was $2,119 million, against $1,545 million in third quarter 2024. The figure includes $7 million of transaction costs. Source
  • Acquisitions and volumes drove results: The company said results were driven mainly by the EnLink and Medallion acquisitions across its system and by higher natural gas liquids and natural gas processing volumes. Source

Segment results

  • Natural gas liquids segment grew: Natural gas liquids segment adjusted EBITDA was $748 million, compared with $624 million. Capital expenditures were $218 million, against $247 million. Source
  • Refined products and crude rose: Refined products and crude segment adjusted EBITDA was $582 million, compared with $441 million. Capital expenditures were $214 million, against $45 million. Source
  • Gathering and processing segment rose: Natural gas gathering and processing adjusted EBITDA was $566 million, compared with $318 million. Capital expenditures were $302 million, against $102 million. Source
  • Pipelines offset by divestiture: Natural gas pipelines adjusted EBITDA was $200 million, against $166 million. The segment absorbed a $34 million decrease from the interstate pipeline divestiture. Source

“Recently completed organic growth and synergy projects increase ONEOK’s capacity to grow earnings by expanding and extending our integrated assets, driving long-term value for stakeholders,”

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

EnLink and Medallion contributions

  • EnLink added $250 million to gathering: Of the gathering and processing segment's third quarter increase, $250 million came from adjusted EBITDA from EnLink. Source
  • Refined products gained from acquisitions: The refined products and crude segment gained $91 million from adjusted EBITDA from Medallion and EnLink in the quarter. Source
  • NGL segment gained from EnLink: EnLink contributed $56 million to the increase in natural gas liquids segment adjusted EBITDA. Source
  • Pipelines gained $70 million from EnLink: The natural gas pipelines segment's increase included $70 million of adjusted EBITDA from EnLink. Source

Volumes and throughput

  • Rocky Mountain NGL throughput up 17%: NGL raw feed throughput in the Rocky Mountain region rose 17% from third quarter 2024. Source
  • Mid-Continent NGL throughput up 6%: NGL raw feed throughput in the Mid-Continent region rose 6% from third quarter 2024. Source
  • Natural gas processed rose: Natural gas processed was 5,852 MMcf/d, against 2,410 MMcf/d. Rocky Mountain region natural gas volumes processed rose 3%. Source
  • Crude oil shipments increased: Crude oil volume shipped was 1,813 MBbl/d, against 816 MBbl/d. Refined products volume shipped was 1,526 MBbl/d, against 1,580 MBbl/d. Source

“We continued to benefit from steady demand across our businesses and increasing production in all of the basins where we operate.”

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

Costs, prices and fees

  • Operating costs increased: Operating costs were $738 million, compared with $582 million in third quarter 2024. Source
  • Depreciation and amortization increased: Depreciation and amortization was $378 million, against $274 million in third quarter 2024. Source
  • Lower NGL prices reduced gathering results: Gathering and processing adjusted EBITDA was reduced by $34 million from lower realized prices, mainly NGL prices, net of hedging. Source
  • Mid-Continent fee rates lowered exchange services: Exchange services in the natural gas liquids segment were reduced by $18 million from lower average fee rates in the Mid-Continent region. Source
  • Transaction costs tied to EnLink: Pretax transaction costs were $10 million in the quarter and $74 million for nine months, mainly for the EnLink acquisition. The release gives a net impact of 1 cent per diluted share for the quarter. Source

Capital spending and financing

  • Capital expenditures rose to $804 million: Capital expenditures including maintenance were $804 million, against $468 million. Maintenance capital was $162 million, against $109 million. Source
  • $3 billion of senior notes issued: The company completed a $3 billion senior notes offering in August 2025. Source
  • Commercial paper program enlarged: The commercial paper program was increased to $3.5 billion from $2.5 billion in September 2025. Source
  • $387 million of notes repaid: The company repaid the remaining $387 million of 2.2% senior notes at maturity in September 2025. Source
  • Senior notes repurchased in quarter: In the third quarter the company repurchased $119 million of senior notes for $96 million, including accrued and unpaid interest. Source

Cash and shareholder returns

  • Cash held with no borrowings: At Sept. 30, 2025 the company held about $1.2 billion of cash and cash equivalents and had no borrowings under its credit agreement or commercial paper program. Source
  • Operating cash flow rose: Cash provided by operating activities was $4,053 million in the first nine months of 2025, against $3,277 million a year earlier. Source
  • Quarterly dividend of $1.03 declared: In October 2025 the company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.03 per share, or $4.12 annualized. Source
  • Share repurchases in third quarter: In the third quarter the company repurchased 611,237 shares for $45 million under its $2 billion program. Source

Coming up, as management said on 28 October 2025

  • Bighorn plant expected mid-2027: The company announced plans in August 2025 for a 300 MMcf/d Permian Basin processing plant, expected to be completed in mid-2027. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Ahead: Synergy capture through the third quarter remains ahead of the expectations set at the time of the acquisition announcements. 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.