Zacks Research Decreases Earnings Estimates for Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for Imperial Oil in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 23rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $6.06 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast 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.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Imperial Oil from C$97.00 to C$100.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. TD Securities boosted their price target on shares of Imperial Oil from C$93.00 to C$96.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Raymond James upped their price objective on shares of Imperial Oil from C$101.50 to C$104.00 in a report on Friday, December 13th. Wolfe Research downgraded shares of Imperial Oil from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, CIBC upped their price target on Imperial Oil from C$105.00 to C$108.00 in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$104.20.

Imperial Oil Price Performance

TSE:IMO opened at C$100.75 on Monday. Imperial Oil has a 52 week low of C$75.33 and a 52 week high of C$108.89. The stock’s fifty day moving average is C$97.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$98.74. The company has a market capitalization of C$53.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27.

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

Imperial Oil Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 1st were issued a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.38%. Imperial Oil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.16%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Bradley William Corson acquired 4,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$97.44 per share, with a total value of C$467,713.92. 71.26% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.