Zacks Research Has Positive Estimate for TSE:PPL Q1 Earnings

Pembina Pipeline Co. (TSE:PPL) (NYSE:PBA) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pembina Pipeline in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 19th. Zacks Research analyst T. Saha now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.75 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Pembina Pipeline’s current full-year earnings is $3.44 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pembina Pipeline’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.75 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.85 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.02 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.32 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.68 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on PPL. Citigroup upgraded shares of Pembina Pipeline from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 10th. TD Securities set a C$66.00 price objective on shares of Pembina Pipeline and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Raymond James lifted their target price on shares of Pembina Pipeline from C$62.00 to C$63.00 in a report on Monday, March 3rd. UBS Group cut their price target on Pembina Pipeline from C$62.00 to C$57.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Barclays set a C$63.00 price objective on Pembina Pipeline and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Pembina Pipeline has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$59.31.

Pembina Pipeline Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of PPL opened at C$57.52 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is C$53.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$55.27. The firm has a market capitalization of C$33.25 billion, a PE ratio of 16.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.48. Pembina Pipeline has a 12-month low of C$46.71 and a 12-month high of C$60.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.68.

Insider Activity

In related news, Senior Officer Janet C. Loduca sold 5,338 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$55.46, for a total transaction of C$296,045.48. Also, Senior Officer J. Scott Burrows sold 18,106 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$55.43, for a total value of C$1,003,615.58. 0.05% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Pembina Pipeline Company Profile

Pembina Pipeline Corporation provides energy transportation and midstream services. It operates through three segments: Pipelines, Facilities, and Marketing & New Ventures. The Pipelines segment operates conventional, oil sands and heavy oil, and transmission assets with a transportation capacity of 2.9 millions of barrels of oil equivalent per day, the ground storage capacity of 10 millions of barrels, and rail terminalling capacity of approximately 105 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day serving markets and basins across North America.