Zacks Research Decreases Earnings Estimates for Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Imperial Oil in a research note issued on Thursday, January 23rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $6.06 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $6.09. The consensus estimate for Imperial Oil’s current full-year earnings is $8.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Imperial Oil’s Q1 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Imperial Oil from C$97.00 to C$100.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on Imperial Oil from C$99.00 to C$101.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. CIBC raised their target price on Imperial Oil from C$105.00 to C$108.00 in a research note on Friday, January 17th. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on Imperial Oil from C$115.00 to C$120.00 in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Finally, Wolfe Research cut Imperial Oil from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$104.20.

Imperial Oil Stock Down 0.2 %

IMO stock opened at C$100.54 on Monday. Imperial Oil has a twelve month low of C$75.53 and a twelve month high of C$108.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27. The company has a market capitalization of C$53.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.54, a PEG ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of C$97.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$98.74.

Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 1st. The company reported C$2.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of C$2.02 by C$0.31. Imperial Oil had a return on equity of 22.17% and a net margin of 10.09%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.76 earnings per share.

Imperial Oil Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 1st were paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.39%. Imperial Oil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.16%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Imperial Oil

In other news, Director Bradley William Corson purchased 4,800 shares of Imperial Oil stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of C$97.44 per share, for a total transaction of C$467,713.92. Company insiders own 71.26% of the company’s stock.

Imperial Oil Company Profile

Imperial Oil is one of Canada’s largest integrated oil companies, focusing on upstream operations, petroleum refining operations, and the marketing of petroleum products. Production averaged 398 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2020. The company estimates that it holds 5.2 billion boe of proved and probable crude oil and natural gas reserves.