09:55 AM EDT, 05/04/2026 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

We lift our target price to CAD145 (from CAD128), implying 9.0x EV to projected 2027 EBITDA, above the historical average. Shares are up ~55% year to date in 2026 and continue to trade at a significant premium relative to peers and its own historical multiple. As a result, while we like IMO's cost improvements and growth potential, we continue to think the upside is largely priced in at this point, and we recommend investors take profits. Valuation is at decade highs relative to peers and 1.7 standard deviations above its 10-year upper band. Share reduction has been aggressive and beneficial to shareholders; however, no shares were repurchased in Q1 2026. Q1 was a particularly weak quarter for IMO, with net income down 27% on a combination of flat production, weaker pricing realizations, a wider differential, and negative foreign exchange impacts. Operational execution of this quality will likely dent the aforementioned premium. We lift our 2026 EPS to CAD9.66 from CAD6.33 and 2027 EPS to CAD8.22 from CAD6.99.