Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Estimate for PBA Earnings

Pembina Pipeline Corp. (NYSE:PBA) (TSE:PPL) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Pembina Pipeline in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 1st. Zacks Research analyst T. Saha now forecasts that the pipeline company will post earnings per share of $0.49 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Pembina Pipeline’s current full-year earnings is $2.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pembina Pipeline’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.56 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.71 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.65 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.52 EPS.

Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) (TSE:PPL) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The pipeline company reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.47 billion. Pembina Pipeline had a net margin of 23.73% and a return on equity of 12.61%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 48.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.73 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. National Bank Financial upgraded Pembina Pipeline from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 25th. Citigroup raised Pembina Pipeline from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 10th. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Pembina Pipeline in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Finally, National Bankshares raised shares of Pembina Pipeline from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $56.00.

Pembina Pipeline Stock Performance

Pembina Pipeline stock opened at $37.21 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $37.50. Pembina Pipeline has a twelve month low of $34.13 and a twelve month high of $43.44. The company has a market capitalization of $21.61 billion, a PE ratio of 16.84 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a quick ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 0.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75.

Pembina Pipeline Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 16th were paid a $0.5109 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. This is a boost from Pembina Pipeline’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.49%. Pembina Pipeline’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 93.67%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of PBA. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 25,296,456 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,011,833,000 after buying an additional 409,379 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its stake in Pembina Pipeline by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 14,247,662 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $526,451,000 after acquiring an additional 413,373 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its holdings in Pembina Pipeline by 10.6% in the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 13,930,847 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $514,154,000 after acquiring an additional 1,331,294 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Pembina Pipeline by 78.1% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 7,088,945 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $283,770,000 after purchasing an additional 3,108,920 shares during the period. Finally, TD Asset Management Inc increased its position in Pembina Pipeline by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 6,950,836 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $277,985,000 after purchasing an additional 161,114 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 55.37% of the company’s stock.

About Pembina Pipeline

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.