ONEOK Partners (OKS) Stock Rating Reconfirmed by Analysts at Jefferies; The $50.0000 Target Indicates -0.16% Potential; National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) Covered By 3 Bulls

June 19, 2017 - By Henry Gaston

Among 14 analysts covering Oneok Partners (NYSE:OKS), 2 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 12 Hold. Therefore 14% are positive. Oneok Partners has $57 highest and $24 lowest target. $39.13’s average target is -21.87% below currents $50.08 stock price. Oneok Partners had 35 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Credit Suisse on Thursday, February 25 with “Neutral”. Credit Suisse upgraded the shares of OKS in report on Monday, August 10 to “Neutral” rating. As per Friday, June 17, the company rating was maintained by Citigroup. The company was reinitiated on Friday, April 1 by Piper Jaffray. The stock of Oneok Partners LP (NYSE:OKS) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, September 14 by Stifel Nicolaus. Goldman Sachs downgraded Oneok Partners LP (NYSE:OKS) on Friday, September 11 to “Sell” rating. As per Monday, October 10, the company rating was upgraded by Deutsche Bank. The company was downgraded on Monday, February 8 by Robert W. Baird. Citigroup upgraded it to “Buy” rating and $37 target in Tuesday, September 15 report. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Monday, September 14 by Credit Suisse.

Among 6 analysts covering National Bank Of Canada (TSE:NA), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. National Bank Of Canada had 58 analyst reports since August 12, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Thursday, September 1, the company rating was maintained by Scotia Capital. The firm has “Underperform” rating by Credit Suisse given on Tuesday, January 17. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Wednesday, June 8 by Canaccord Genuity. Scotia Capital maintained the stock with “Sector Perform” rating in Thursday, August 27 report. As per Friday, June 3, the company rating was upgraded by RBC Capital Markets. The stock of National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) has “Hold” rating given on Thursday, September 1 by Desjardins Securities. BMO Capital Markets maintained the shares of NA in report on Thursday, March 2 with “Market Perform” rating. The firm has “Sector Perform” rating by RBC Capital Markets given on Tuesday, September 29. As per Thursday, December 3, the company rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets. As per Monday, September 19, the company rating was maintained by TD Securities. See National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) latest ratings:

01/06/2017 Broker: Eight Capital Rating: Old Target: $60.00 New Target: $62.00 Target Up
23/05/2017 Broker: Barclays Capital Old Rating: Equal-Weight New Rating: Overweight Upgrade
02/03/2017 Broker: Barclays Capital Rating: Equal-Weight Old Target: $55.00 New Target: $59.00 Target Up
02/03/2017 Broker: BMO Capital Markets Rating: Market Perform New Target: $60.00 Maintain
02/03/2017 Broker: IBC Rating: Old Target: $58.00 New Target: $60.00 Target Up
02/03/2017 Broker: Credit Suisse Rating: Old Target: $55.00 New Target: $59.00 Target Up
02/03/2017 Broker: Desjardins Securities Rating: Hold Old Target: $56.00 New Target: $59.00 Target Up
02/03/2017 Broker: Eight Capital Rating: Old Target: $57.00 New Target: $60.00 Target Up
02/03/2017 Broker: RBC Capital Markets Rating: Old Target: $61.00 New Target: $62.00 Target Up
02/03/2017 Broker: Scotia Capital Rating: Outperform Old Target: $63.00 New Target: $64.00 Target Up

The stock increased 0.33% or $0.18 on June 16, reaching $54. About 2.57M shares traded or 108.94% up from the average. National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) has 0.00% since June 19, 2016 and is . It has underperformed by 16.70% the S&P500.

National Bank of Canada is an integrated group, which provides financial services to consumers, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large firms in its domestic market and also offers specialized services internationally. The company has market cap of $18.43 billion.

Analysts await Oneok Partners LP (NYSE:OKS) to report earnings on August, 1. They expect $0.59 EPS, up 9.26% or $0.05 from last year’s $0.54 per share. OKS’s profit will be $175.66 million for 21.22 P/E if the $0.59 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.57 actual EPS reported by Oneok Partners LP for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 3.51% EPS growth.

ONEOK Partners, L.P. is engaged in gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the United States. The company has market cap of $14.91 billion. In addition, the Company owns natural gas liquids systems, connecting NGL supply in the Mid-Continent, Permian and Rocky Mountain regions. It has a 21.74 P/E ratio. It operates through three divisions: Natural Gas Gathering and Processing, Natural Gas Liquids, and Natural Gas Pipelines.