Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Outlook for PBA Earnings

Pembina Pipeline Co. (NYSE:PBA) (TSE:PPL) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pembina Pipeline in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, January 30th. Zacks Research analyst T. Saha now expects that the pipeline company will post earnings per share of $0.51 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.53. The consensus estimate for Pembina Pipeline’s current full-year earnings is $2.16 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pembina Pipeline’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS and Q3 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on PBA. Barclays assumed coverage on shares of Pembina Pipeline in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They issued an “overweight” rating for the company. Raymond James initiated coverage on Pembina Pipeline in a research note on Friday, October 11th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Wells Fargo & Company lowered Pembina Pipeline from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, TD Securities initiated coverage on Pembina Pipeline in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $56.50.

Pembina Pipeline Trading Up 3.6 %

PBA opened at $36.39 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $21.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.04 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a current ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79. The company’s 50 day moving average is $37.66 and its 200-day moving average is $39.62. Pembina Pipeline has a 1-year low of $32.81 and a 1-year high of $43.44.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of PBA. Creative Planning increased its holdings in Pembina Pipeline by 9.7% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 71,576 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $2,654,000 after purchasing an additional 6,356 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Pembina Pipeline by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 22,779 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $845,000 after acquiring an additional 4,331 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in Pembina Pipeline by 1.7% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 49,076 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,820,000 after acquiring an additional 839 shares in the last quarter. SL Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Pembina Pipeline by 3.9% in the third quarter. SL Advisors LLC now owns 26,577 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,096,000 after purchasing an additional 987 shares during the period. Finally, CWM LLC increased its stake in Pembina Pipeline by 38.7% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 7,874 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $325,000 after purchasing an additional 2,198 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.37% 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.