Zacks Research Forecasts Stronger Earnings for Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO - Free Report) NYSEMKT: IMO - Research analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Imperial Oil in a research note issued on Monday, July 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will earn $1.68 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.65. 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 $1.42 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.79 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.74 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.88 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $3.43 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on IMO. Scotiabank increased their target price on shares of Imperial Oil from C$100.00 to C$110.00 in a report on Friday, July 11th. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of Imperial Oil from a "moderate buy" rating to a "hold" rating and increased their target price for the stock from C$105.00 to C$107.00 in a report on Thursday, July 3rd. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Imperial Oil from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, April 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Imperial Oil from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday, March 27th. Finally, TD Securities reduced their target price on shares of Imperial Oil from C$94.00 to C$92.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$104.11.

Imperial Oil Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of IMO stock traded up C$0.82 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting C$112.99. The company had a trading volume of 182,765 shares, compared to its average volume of 785,791. The company's fifty day moving average is C$105.31 and its 200 day moving average is C$99.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.04, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 0.98. Imperial Oil has a fifty-two week low of C$82.98 and a fifty-two week high of C$114.12. The stock has a market capitalization of C$58.99 billion, a PE ratio of 12.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78.

Imperial Oil Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 1st were given a $0.72 dividend. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 4th. Imperial Oil's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.