Q1 EPS Estimates for Imperial Oil Boosted by Zacks Research

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO - Free Report) NYSEMKT: IMO - Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Imperial Oil in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.62 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.40. 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 2025 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.58 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.63 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.04 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.19 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.35 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Raymond James lifted their target price on Imperial Oil from C$101.50 to C$104.00 in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Wolfe Research lowered Imperial Oil from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Imperial Oil from C$97.00 to C$100.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. TD Securities upped their target price on Imperial Oil from C$94.00 to C$97.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Imperial Oil from C$99.00 to C$101.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$104.10.

Imperial Oil Stock Performance

Shares of TSE IMO traded down C$0.07 during trading on Monday, hitting C$97.73. The company had a trading volume of 712,483 shares, compared to its average volume of 905,122. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$96.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$99.25. 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 12 month low of C$83.24 and a 12 month high of C$108.89. The firm has a market capitalization of C$51.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78.

Imperial Oil Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 1st were issued a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.46%. Imperial Oil's payout ratio is currently 25.78%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Imperial Oil

In related news, Director Bradley William Corson purchased 4,800 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 12th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$97.44 per share, with a total value of C$467,713.92. Insiders own 71.26% of the company's stock.

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.