Zacks Research Increases Earnings Estimates for Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) – Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Imperial Oil in a research report issued on Monday, September 1st. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $7.49 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $7.44. 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 Q2 2026 earnings at $1.95 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $2.94 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Wolfe Research cut Imperial Oil from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Raymond James Financial cut Imperial Oil from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their target price for the company from C$105.00 to C$107.00 in a research report on Thursday, July 3rd. TD Securities lifted their target price on Imperial Oil from C$95.00 to C$102.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on Imperial Oil from C$110.00 to C$108.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Scotiabank lifted their target price on Imperial Oil from C$100.00 to C$110.00 in a research report on Friday, July 11th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of C$106.00.

Imperial Oil Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of Imperial Oil stock opened at C$120.90 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.04, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.44. Imperial Oil has a 52 week low of C$82.98 and a 52 week high of C$125.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of C$115.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$104.54. The stock has a market capitalization of C$61.54 billion, a PE ratio of 13.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.21.

Imperial Oil Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st will be given a $0.74 dividend. This is an increase from Imperial Oil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 4th. Imperial Oil’s payout ratio is presently 29.11%.

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.