Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Imperial Oil (IMO)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Imperial Oil (TSE: IMO) recently:

• 4/21/2025 – Imperial Oil was upgraded by analysts at Wolfe Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 4/21/2025 – Imperial Oil had its price target lowered by analysts at TD Securities from C$94.00 to C$92.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/15/2025 – Imperial Oil had its price target lowered by analysts at Desjardins from C$91.00 to C$85.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/9/2025 – Imperial Oil was upgraded by analysts at Raymond James from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a C$104.00 price target on the stock, down previously from C$108.00.
• 3/27/2025 – Imperial Oil was downgraded by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 3/19/2025 – Imperial Oil was upgraded by analysts at Scotiabank to a “hold” rating.

Imperial Oil Stock Up 1.5 %

Imperial Oil stock opened at C$94.67 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.04, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.44. Imperial Oil Limited has a fifty-two week low of C$82.98 and a fifty-two week high of C$108.89. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is C$95.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$98.43. The company has a market cap of C$49.42 billion, a PE ratio of 10.17, a PEG ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.78.

Imperial Oil Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.72 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 yield of 3.04%. Imperial Oil’s payout ratio is currently 25.78%.

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.