If You'd Invested $10,000 in Each of These 3 High-Yield Stocks 10 Years Ago, Here's How Much Income You'd Collect Today
The dividend histories of these high-yielding stocks can teach us a lot.
ONEOK, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, functions as a leading energy infrastructure company within the United States. Its primary focus is the ...
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| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $33.6B | +55.4% | +25.3% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $3.4B | +11.9% | +24.8% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +21.5% | -8.0% | -46.9% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | +20.7% | -10.7% | -11.0% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | +10.1% | -28.0% | -0.4% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $2.4B | -14.6% | +1957.1% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | +7.3% | -45.1% | +1542.1% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 145.9% | -23.0% | -4.4% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 0.71x | -21.5% | +3.9% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $66.6B | +4.0% | +0.5% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | 5.42 vs 5.39 | +0.5% | 1.53 vs 1.83 | -16.6% |
| Revenue Surprise | $33.6B vs $33.4B | +0.8% | $12.0B vs $12.0B | +0.6% |
Operator: Good morning, and welcome to ONEOK's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. As a reminder, this call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Megan Patterson, Vice President, Investor Relations. Megan, please go ahead. Megan Patterson: Thank you, Jess. Welcome to ONEOK's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. We issued our earnings release and presentation after the markets closed yesterday, and those materials are available on our website. After our prepared remarks, management will be available to take your questions. Statements made during this call that might include ONEOK's expectations or predictions should be considered forward-looking statements and are covered by the safe harbor provision of the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. For a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ, please refer to our SEC filings. With that, I'll turn the call over to Pierce Norton, President and Chief Executive Officer. Pierce Norton: Thank you, Megan. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Joining me on the call are Walt Hulse, our Chief Financial Officer; Randy Lentz, our Chief Operating Officer; and Sheridan Swords, our Chief Commercial Officer. Yesterday, we reported second quarter earnings and raised our 2026 financial guidance for the second time this year, reflecting strong year-to-date performance and continued momentum heading into the back half of the year. Our second quarter results were driven by record NGL throughput volumes, strong refined products demand and continued volume growth across our systems. The quarter highlighted the positioning of our asset footprint, the value of our integrated platform and the outstanding execution of our employees. The broader energy backdrop remains constructive, but the more important point for ONEOK is that we are converting that backdrop into visible growth. Our footprint connects key supply basins with domestic and international demand across natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and refined products. The connectivity across our business segments gives us multiple ways to grow earnings, optimize existing assets and allocate capital toward opportunities with attractive returns. Importantly, these opportunities are not confined to a single commodity or region. Our integrated system enables us to create value across multiple demand drivers, a differentiator for ONEOK. Our confidence is reflected in our long-term outlook. We continue to target mid- to high single-digit adjusted EBITDA growth over the next 5 to 7 years, supported by 3 factors that are increasingly visible. Recently completed and soon-to-be completed projects drive structural growth spanning Permian Basin processing capacity, Powder River processing capacity, Mid-Continent fractionation capacity, refined products expansions, and natural gas …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pierce H. Norton | President, Chief Executive Officer & Director | USD 3,232,056 | Male | 1960 | Active |
Walter S. Hulse | Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Development | USD 2,283,229 | Male | 1964 | Active |
Lyndon C. Taylor | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Assistant Secretary | USD 2,243,012 | Male | 1959 | Active |
Kevin L. Burdick | Executive Vice President & Chief Enterprise Services Officer | USD 1,930,051 | Male | 1965 | Active |
Randy N. Lentz | Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer | USD 1,634,988 | Male | 1965 | Active |
Sheridan C. Swords | Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer | USD 1,460,944 | Male | 1969 | Active |
Brent D. Strehlow | Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer | — | Male | — | Active |
J. Darren Wallis | Senior Vice President of Communications & Community Relations | — | Male | — | Active |
Mary Spears | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Finance & Tax. | — | Female | 1980 | Active |
Scott D. Schingen | Senior VP of Eng., and Op. - Natural Gas Liquids, Natural Gas Pipelines and Corporate Measurement | — | Male | — | Active |
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| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
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| May 28, 2026 | SPEARS MARY M | officer: See Remarks | Common Stock, par value $0.01 | D | 1,000 | — |
| May 20, 2026 | RODRIGUEZ EDUARDO A | director | Common Stock, par value $0.01 | A | 1,476 | $92.15 |
| May 20, 2026 | RODRIGUEZ EDUARDO A | director | Phantom Stock-OKE | A | 369 | — |
| May 20, 2026 | HELDERMAN MARK W | director | Common Stock, par value $0.01 | A | 3,039 | $92.15 |
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| Common Stock, par value $0.01 |
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| 1,845 |
| $92.15 |