** Shares of ONEOK Inc OKE.N rise ~0.8% to $70.44 premarket
** Bank of America raises PT to $83 from $72, upgrades to "buy" from ""
** BofA says market "underappreciating the synergies and FCF step-up from the merger with MMP (Magellan Midstream Partners)"
** "OKE can reach its target leverage ratio of 3.5x in '24 (2 years ahead of expectations), increase its dividend by 5% per year immediately and generate $5 bln of cumulative FCF after dividends (FCFaD) through ’27"
** 7 out of 19 analysts rate OKE "buy" and above, 8 rate "hold", median PT $77 - LSEG data
** Up to last session's close, OKE stock up ~6.4% YTD
(Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru)