Zacks Research Has Strong Forecast for TSE:PPL Q1 Earnings

Pembina Pipeline Co. (TSE:PPL) (NYSE:PBA) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Pembina Pipeline in a report issued on Wednesday, March 19th. Zacks Research analyst T. Saha now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Pembina Pipeline’s current full-year earnings is $3.44 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pembina Pipeline’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.75 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.85 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.02 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.32 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.68 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Barclays set a C$63.00 price target on shares of Pembina Pipeline and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Pembina Pipeline from C$62.00 to C$57.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Wells Fargo & Company cut Pembina Pipeline from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from C$63.00 to C$57.00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on shares of Pembina Pipeline from C$61.00 to C$59.00 in a report on Friday, December 13th. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of Pembina Pipeline from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 10th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$59.31.

Pembina Pipeline Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of PPL opened at C$56.90 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of C$53.51 and a 200 day moving average of C$55.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.68, a current ratio of 0.65 and a quick ratio of 0.50. Pembina Pipeline has a 1-year low of C$46.71 and a 1-year high of C$60.72. The firm has a market capitalization of C$32.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.51, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.48.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Senior Officer J. Scott Burrows bought 12,087 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$54.05 per share, for a total transaction of C$653,302.35. Also, Senior Officer Janet C. Loduca sold 5,338 shares of Pembina Pipeline stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$55.46, for a total transaction of C$296,045.48. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

About Pembina Pipeline

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.