Q1 EPS Estimates for Imperial Oil Boosted by Zacks Research

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Imperial Oil in a report released on Wednesday, April 30th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.83 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.69. 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 $1.40 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.79 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.62 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.64 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.26 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.81 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.10 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $8.40 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $9.37 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. National Bankshares raised 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. Desjardins lowered their price target on Imperial Oil from C$91.00 to C$85.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded Imperial Oil from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. Scotiabank upgraded Imperial Oil to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Raymond James upgraded Imperial Oil from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and cut their price target for the stock from C$108.00 to C$104.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Imperial Oil currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$103.33.

Imperial Oil Stock Performance

Shares of Imperial Oil stock opened at C$95.06 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$49.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.21, 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. Imperial Oil has a 52 week low of C$82.98 and a 52 week high of C$108.89. The firm’s 50 day moving average is C$95.27 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$97.99.

Imperial Oil Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.72 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 5th. This is an increase from Imperial Oil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.03%. Imperial Oil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.