Q1 EPS Estimates for Imperial Oil Reduced by Zacks Research

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) – Research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Imperial Oil in a research note issued to investors on Friday, November 21st. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.58 per share for the quarter, down from their prior 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 Q3 2026 earnings at $1.87 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $1.93 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. CIBC downgraded shares of Imperial Oil from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and raised their price target for the company from C$108.00 to C$110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. TD Securities upped their price objective on Imperial Oil from C$104.00 to C$107.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Imperial Oil from C$115.00 to C$117.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Raymond James Financial upped their price objective on Imperial Oil from C$109.00 to C$110.00 in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Imperial Oil from C$101.00 to C$110.00 in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of C$110.56.

Imperial Oil Stock Up 0.2%

TSE:IMO opened at C$137.58 on Monday. Imperial Oil has a 1-year low of C$82.98 and a 1-year high of C$141.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.04, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is C$128.46 and its 200-day moving average price is C$117.54. The company has a market capitalization of C$68.36 billion, a PE ratio of 17.57, a P/E/G ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 0.98.

Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) last announced its earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported C$2.17 EPS for the quarter. Imperial Oil had a return on equity of 21.23% and a net margin of 10.00%.

Imperial Oil Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st were issued a $0.74 dividend. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. This is a boost from Imperial Oil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 4th. Imperial Oil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.25%.

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.