Zacks Research Forecasts Lower Earnings for Imperial Oil

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

Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 1st. The company reported C$2.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 previous year, the company posted $2.76 EPS.

IMO has been the subject of a number of other reports. Wolfe Research downgraded Imperial Oil from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. TD Securities raised their price objective on Imperial Oil from C$93.00 to C$96.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of Imperial Oil from C$99.00 to C$101.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Imperial Oil from C$115.00 to C$120.00 in a research report on Friday, October 4th. Finally, CIBC increased their price target on Imperial Oil from C$105.00 to C$108.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$104.20.

Imperial Oil Stock Up 0.7 %

Imperial Oil stock opened at C$101.29 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$97.74 and a 200 day moving average of C$98.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.40. The stock has a market cap of C$54.28 billion, a PE ratio of 10.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78. Imperial Oil has a one year low of C$75.53 and a one year high of C$108.89.

Imperial Oil Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.37%. Imperial Oil’s payout ratio is currently 25.16%.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

About Imperial Oil

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.