Q1 EPS Estimates for Imperial Oil Lifted by Zacks Research

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) – Analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Imperial Oil in a report released on Tuesday, April 1st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.69 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.62. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.19 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.83 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $8.46 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.71 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $9.26 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded Imperial Oil from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. CIBC boosted their target price on Imperial Oil from C$105.00 to C$108.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. National Bankshares increased their target price on shares of Imperial Oil from C$109.00 to C$110.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Scotiabank raised shares of Imperial Oil to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Raymond James increased their price objective on shares of Imperial Oil from C$101.50 to C$104.00 in a research report on Friday, December 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have issued a hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$105.67.

Imperial Oil Trading Up 1.1 %

IMO stock opened at C$105.26 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.04. The company has a market cap of C$54.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.31, a PEG ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of C$99.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$99.19. Imperial Oil has a 52 week low of C$86.96 and a 52 week high of C$108.89.

Imperial Oil Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.72 per share. This is a boost from Imperial Oil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 5th. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.74%. Imperial Oil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.78%.

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.