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Imperial Oil (IMO) Competitors

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C$106.33 +0.35 (+0.33%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

IMO vs. CNQ, SU, CVE, OVV, ARX, HSE, POU, BTE, COP, and SSL

Should you be buying Imperial Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Oil include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Suncor Energy (SU), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), and Sandstorm Gold (SSL). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Imperial Oil vs.

Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) and Canadian Natural Resources (TSE:CNQ) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Canadian Natural Resources received 476 more outperform votes than Imperial Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 35.13% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Imperial OilOutperform Votes
281
35.13%
Underperform Votes
519
64.88%
Canadian Natural ResourcesOutperform Votes
757
58.82%
Underperform Votes
530
41.18%

Canadian Natural Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Imperial Oil. Imperial Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Imperial OilC$52.48B1.09C$5.29BC$9.5411.15
Canadian Natural ResourcesC$36.74B2.74C$7.67BC$3.5113.45

Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Imperial Oil pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

24.9% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.3% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Imperial Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$101.23, indicating a potential downside of 4.80%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus price target of C$74.31, indicating a potential upside of 57.41%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Imperial Oil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Imperial Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Canadian Natural Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 20.88% compared to Imperial Oil's net margin of 10.09%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 22.17% beat Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Imperial Oil10.09% 22.17% 9.78%
Canadian Natural Resources 20.88%19.65%8.80%

In the previous week, Imperial Oil had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Imperial Oil and 0 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Imperial Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Canadian Natural Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Imperial Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Imperial Oil Neutral
Canadian Natural Resources Neutral

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Imperial Oil on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IMO vs. The Competition

MetricImperial OilOil & Gas Integrated IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$56.98BC$38.82BC$3.94BC$6.25B
Dividend Yield2.32%5.47%7.12%5.27%
P/E Ratio11.15121.41106.3526.84
Price / Sales1.0923.7914,575.141,531.29
Price / Cash12.215.4669.6683.81
Price / Book2.380.961.473.16
Net IncomeC$5.29BC$6.80BC$408.40MC$299.38M
7 Day Performance1.39%-0.09%1.15%0.76%
1 Month Performance-0.33%-6.47%-0.59%12.93%
1 Year Performance34.80%-5.17%4.70%44.13%

Imperial Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMO
Imperial Oil
1.5736 of 5 stars
C$106.33
+0.3%
C$101.23
-4.8%
+34.2%C$56.98BC$52.48B11.155,300
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.1755 of 5 stars
C$47.21
+0.4%
C$74.31
+57.4%
-48.5%C$100.56BC$36.74B13.4510,272
SU
Suncor Energy
2.8636 of 5 stars
C$57.10
-0.2%
C$61.81
+8.2%
+24.3%C$72.52BC$50.73B9.8116,600Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.4513 of 5 stars
C$22.62
+0.9%
C$31.90
+41.0%
-9.2%C$42.07BC$55.99B9.016,000News Coverage
Positive News
OVV
Ovintiv
2.3661 of 5 stars
C$63.91
+2.5%
C$58.50
-8.5%
+3.7%C$16.85BC$10.30B6.541,740Analyst Revision
ARX
ARC Resources
2.5065 of 5 stars
C$26.23
+2.6%
C$30.96
+18.0%
+21.3%C$15.64BC$5.25B13.59438
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
POU
Paramount Resources
3.4047 of 5 stars
C$30.85
+1.0%
C$37.60
+21.9%
+11.2%C$4.53BC$1.79B12.94579Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.1375 of 5 stars
C$4.20
+1.7%
C$6.11
+45.5%
-22.4%C$3.38BC$3.43B-6.09220
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-150.009,500Gap Up
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
3.8802 of 5 stars
C$7.96
+0.6%
C$10.35
+30.0%
+25.4%C$2.37BC$170.01M56.8628,600

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This page (TSE:IMO) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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