Tudor, Pickering, Holt on Friday reiterated its hold rating on the shares of Imperial Oil (IMO.TO, IMO) with a C$115.00 price target following third-quarter results from the oil producer and refining.
"Strong operational results in the upstream beats on Q3 financial results and should drive solid performance today. C$2.33 clean EPS came in better vs. TPHe/Street C$2.23/C$2.04, as did C$3.38 CFPS ex-WC vs. TPHe/Street C$3.07/C$2.99. Relative to our estimates at the segment level, the release showed a big beat in upstream, with earnings totaling C$1,237MM vs. TPHe/Street C$922MM/C$850MM; 447mboepd production was closer to our model but overall exceeded expectations of TPHe/Street 445/443. In the downstream, utilization and throughput were better than expected at 90% vs. TPHe/Street 86%/87% and 389mbpd vs. TPHe/Street 368/377, respectively, with earnings of C$205MM comparing to TPHe/Street C$229MM/C$230MM. In Chems, C$28MM earnings compared to TPHe/Street C$57MM/C$60MM. On capital, C$486MM capex exceeded TPHe/Street C$429MM/C$425MM. On the call, the outlook for strong performance continuing in the upstream and utilization expectations in downstream are of interest, as well as leading edge thoughts on shareholder returns (C$1.5B during the quarter including C$0.3B in dividends and C$1.2B in accelerated buybacks)," analyst Jeoffrey Lambujon wrote.
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