Last week, when ONEOK Inc. (OKE) announced it would acquire Magellan Midstream Partners LP (MMP) in a $18.8 billion deal, the market disliked the news and the stock dropped by 10%.
The market is wrong about this tie-up.
I can prove it with one word…
ONEOK is an energy infrastructure company focused on natural gas and natural gas liquids. The company provides gathering, processing, and transporting services. Magellan Midstream Partners owns a pipeline network that primarily transports crude oil and refined products. There is little or no overlap between the services provided by the two companies. The combined company will offer a much broader range of services than either would as a standalone. Also, ONEOK is organized as a corporation, and Magellan is a master limited partnership.
The deal, which was announced Sunday night, is a cash and stock transaction, with Magellan unit holders receiving $25.00 per unit in cash plus 0.6670 shares of OKE. The implied value as of May 12 was $67.50 per MMP unit. The MLP closed that Friday at $55.41.
ONEOK is on the list of recommended investments for my Dividend Hunter service, and I was pleased to get the press release announcing the deal. However, the market was not of the same mindset. OKE closed on May 12 at $63.72, and at the close on Tuesday, May 16, the stock price was at $56.58, giving an 11% decline over the two days. I suspect the amount of OKE shares given per MMP unit may be adjusted.
As I read the press release and reviewed the presentation slides, one word shows the power of this deal for OKE investors: “accretive,” meaning “adding to.”
In its current form, ONEOK is a very well-managed energy midstream company. The shares yield about 6.5%, and earnings and cashflow will increase for…
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