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Imperial Oil (IMO) Competitors

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C$88.61 -1.39 (-1.54%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

IMO vs. CNQ, SU, CVE, ARX, OVV, 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), ARC Resources (ARX), Ovintiv (OVV), 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Imperial Oil and Imperial Oil both had 10 articles in the media. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.07 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Imperial Oil
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Canadian Natural Resources
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Imperial Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$103.90, indicating a potential upside of 17.26%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus target price of C$71.94, indicating a potential upside of 69.26%. 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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.

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$52.48B0.90C$5.29BC$9.549.29
Canadian Natural ResourcesC$36.74B2.46C$7.67BC$3.5112.11

Canadian Natural Resources received 478 more outperform votes than Imperial Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.79% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 35.04% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Imperial OilOutperform Votes
281
35.04%
Underperform Votes
521
64.96%
Canadian Natural ResourcesOutperform Votes
759
58.79%
Underperform Votes
532
41.21%

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%

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

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Imperial Oil on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IMO vs. The Competition

MetricImperial OilOil & Gas Integrated IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$47.48BC$35.84BC$3.54BC$5.82B
Dividend Yield2.32%5.47%7.12%5.78%
P/E Ratio9.29111.24107.9826.08
Price / Sales0.9023.5514,465.261,299.55
Price / Cash12.215.4667.1879.99
Price / Book1.980.871.433.06
Net IncomeC$5.29BC$6.80BC$390.72MC$291.80M
7 Day Performance-7.70%-1.08%-3.30%-2.47%
1 Month Performance-17.86%10.78%-4.20%-0.74%
1 Year Performance18.51%-4.29%-0.28%33.90%

Imperial Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMO
Imperial Oil
2.8695 of 5 stars
C$88.61
-1.5%
C$103.90
+17.3%
+18.4%C$47.48BC$52.48B9.295,300Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.723 of 5 stars
C$43.70
-2.4%
C$71.94
+64.6%
-50.2%C$93.08BC$36.74B12.4410,272
SU
Suncor Energy
4.0799 of 5 stars
C$51.37
-1.9%
C$62.75
+22.2%
+16.8%C$65.24BC$50.73B9.0016,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.8484 of 5 stars
C$21.16
-2.5%
C$31.50
+48.9%
-6.3%C$39.36BC$55.99B8.526,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ARX
ARC Resources
3.7447 of 5 stars
C$25.14
-2.3%
C$31.19
+24.1%
+25.3%C$14.99BC$5.25B13.03438Dividend Increase
Positive News
OVV
Ovintiv
1.7465 of 5 stars
C$56.72
-1.7%
C$58.50
+3.1%
-6.2%C$14.95BC$10.30B5.901,740Dividend Cut
Negative News
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AC$6.76
+5.1%
N/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
POU
Paramount Resources
4.2819 of 5 stars
C$29.81
-1.8%
C$37.60
+26.1%
+11.1%C$4.37BC$1.79B12.65579Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5923 of 5 stars
C$3.40
-4.8%
C$5.97
+75.5%
-26.6%C$2.74BC$3.43B-5.03220Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
3.3896 of 5 stars
C$7.94
-0.8%
C$10.35
+30.4%
+16.3%C$2.36BC$170.01M56.8628,600News Coverage

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This page (TSE:IMO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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