Besides Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates for Phillips 66 (PSX), review projections for some of its key metrics to gain a deeper understanding of how the company might have fared during the quarter ended March 2025.
Weaker refining margins, lower crude prices and increasing costs are likely to have adversely impacted PSX's Q1 earnings.
Phillips 66 is arguing that Elliott Investment Management should back down from its push to break up the energy company because the activist investor is conflicted from a separate effort to acquire one of Phillips 66's rivals, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
Phillips 66 (PSX) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
The latest trading day saw Phillips 66 (PSX) settling at $97.38, representing a +0.4% change from its previous close.
Phillips 66 (PSX) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.
PSX focuses more on businesses like midstream, renewables and chemicals, which stabilizes the company???s business model.
The latest trading day saw Phillips 66 (PSX) settling at $124.06, representing a -0.23% change from its previous close.
The recovery in the refining sector is under way after the first closure of 2025 and unexpected downtime at competitor PBF's Martinez refinery. Closure announcements in the European petrochemical industry are occurring at a rapid rate as companies exit the structurally disadvantaged market. Phillips 66's chemicals business is positioned to benefit through margin expansion and increased market share following the industry decline in Europe.
Phillips 66's independent director, Bob Pease, defended the company's performance and criticized Elliott Investment Management on Friday, as a boardroom battle between the U.S. refiner and the activist investor intensified.
Goldman Sachs analyst Neil Mehta revised the rating and updated estimates on Thursday for several major American oil companies.
Phillips 66 has underperformed compared to peers, with chronic issues in its Refining Segment and large investments in underperforming global pet-chem plants. Earlier this month, activist investor Elliott Management nominated seven directors to PSX's board and is lobbying to spin-off PSX's Midstream Segment to unlock shareholder value. PSX's Midstream Segment has shown strong growth and is its most consistent well-performing segment, enabling robust dividend growth since going public.