FY2025 EPS Estimate for Pembina Pipeline Boosted by Analyst

Pembina Pipeline Co. (NYSE:PBA - Free Report) TSE: PPL - Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for Pembina Pipeline in a report released on Wednesday, January 8th. Zacks Research analyst T. Saha now anticipates that the pipeline company will post earnings of $2.21 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.19. The consensus estimate for Pembina Pipeline's current full-year earnings is $2.25 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pembina Pipeline's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.50 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.14 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company cut shares of Pembina Pipeline from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Raymond James began coverage on Pembina Pipeline in a report on Friday, October 11th. They set an "outperform" rating on the stock. Finally, Barclays started coverage on shares of Pembina Pipeline in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They set an "overweight" rating on the stock. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $56.50.

Pembina Pipeline Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of PBA traded up $0.44 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $36.71. 150,854 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,143,265. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.31 billion, a PE ratio of 15.17 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a current ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79. Pembina Pipeline has a 1-year low of $32.81 and a 1-year high of $43.44. The business has a fifty day moving average of $39.26 and a 200-day moving average of $39.69.

Pembina Pipeline Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $0.69 per share. This is a boost from Pembina Pipeline's previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. Pembina Pipeline's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 80.58%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pembina Pipeline

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of PBA. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its position in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 97.2% during the 2nd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 8,938,488 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $331,439,000 after purchasing an additional 4,405,792 shares in the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board boosted its stake in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 56.9% in the 2nd quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 8,387,525 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $311,142,000 after purchasing an additional 3,043,200 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc boosted its position in Pembina Pipeline by 8.1% during the 3rd quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 6,405,991 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $264,315,000 after buying an additional 481,285 shares during the period. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP grew its holdings in Pembina Pipeline by 15.3% during the 3rd quarter. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP now owns 4,155,198 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $171,360,000 after acquiring an additional 550,491 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 18.2% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,049,470 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $167,000,000 after acquiring an additional 624,958 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.