Zacks Research Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for PBA

Pembina Pipeline Corp. (NYSE:PBA - Free Report) TSE: PPL - Investment analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pembina Pipeline in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 1st. Zacks Research analyst T. Saha now forecasts that the pipeline company will earn $0.49 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Pembina Pipeline's current full-year earnings is $2.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pembina Pipeline's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.56 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.71 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.65 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.52 EPS.

PBA has been the subject of several other research reports. Barclays restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Pembina Pipeline in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Citigroup raised Pembina Pipeline from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, March 10th. National Bankshares upgraded Pembina Pipeline from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Finally, National Bank Financial raised Pembina Pipeline from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 25th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $56.00.

Pembina Pipeline Stock Performance

PBA stock traded down $0.18 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $37.21. The company had a trading volume of 482,443 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,303,277. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a current ratio of 0.64. The firm has a market cap of $21.61 billion, a PE ratio of 16.84 and a beta of 0.76. Pembina Pipeline has a 12 month low of $34.13 and a 12 month high of $43.44. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $37.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $37.52.

Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA - Get Free Report) TSE: PPL last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The pipeline company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.23. Pembina Pipeline had a net margin of 23.73% and a return on equity of 12.61%. The company had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.47 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.73 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 48.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Pembina Pipeline Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 16th were paid a $0.5109 dividend. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.49%. This is a positive change from Pembina Pipeline's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. Pembina Pipeline's payout ratio is currently 93.67%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pembina Pipeline

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 25,296,456 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $1,011,833,000 after purchasing an additional 409,379 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG grew its holdings in Pembina Pipeline by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 14,247,662 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $526,451,000 after buying an additional 413,373 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its position in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 10.6% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 13,930,847 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $514,154,000 after buying an additional 1,331,294 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 78.1% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 7,088,945 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $283,770,000 after buying an additional 3,108,920 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TD Asset Management Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 2.4% in the first quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 6,950,836 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $277,985,000 after buying an additional 161,114 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 55.37% of the company's stock.

Pembina Pipeline Company Profile

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.