Why ONEOK Partners Is Ready to Rebound

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, natural gas pipeline operator ONEOK Partners (NYSE: OKS ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at ONEOK and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

ONEOK facts

Headquarters (founded)	Tulsa, Okla. (1993)
Market Cap	$12.5 billion
Industry	Oil and gas storage and transportation
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$10.4 billion
Management	Chairman/CEO John Gibson CFO Derek Reiners
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)	19.8%
Cash/Debt	$963.7 million / $4.8 billion
Dividend Yield	4.9%
Competitors	El Paso Enbridge Kinder Morgan Energy Partners

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 98% of the 673 members who have rated ONEOK believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star TMFDeej, succinctly summed up the ONEOK bull case for our community:

I'm a big fan of companies with below-average distributions or dividend yields that will likely increase significantly in the near future. That's exactly what we have in [ONEOK].

While its current yield of 4.7% is a little below average compared to its competitors, the company has $7 billion worth of expansion projects scheduled to come online over the next year or two. That's a lot of growth that will likely translate into a significant increase in its distribution and hopefully in turn its share price.

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