Q2 EPS Estimates for Imperial Oil Lifted by Zacks Research

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO - Free Report) NYSEMKT: IMO - Investment analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Imperial Oil in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, April 1st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.27 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.21. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $1.68 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.35 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.18 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.27 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented 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. National Bankshares lifted their price objective 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. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Imperial Oil from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. TD Securities raised their price target on shares of Imperial Oil from C$94.00 to C$97.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Wolfe Research downgraded Imperial Oil from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have assigned a hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$105.67.

Imperial Oil Stock Performance

Imperial Oil stock traded down C$0.50 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching C$87.36. 304,144 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 891,456. The firm has a market capitalization of C$45.61 billion, a PE ratio of 9.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78. 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 business's fifty day simple moving average is C$98.88 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$99.22. Imperial Oil has a one year low of C$85.09 and a one year high of C$108.89.

Imperial Oil Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.72 per share. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.30%. This is a positive change from Imperial Oil's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 5th. Imperial Oil's payout ratio is presently 25.78%.

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.