IMO vs. CVE, SU, TRP, CCO, PPL, TOU, OVV, ARX, ENB, and CNQ
Should you be buying Imperial Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Oil include Cenovus Energy (CVE), Suncor Energy (SU), TC Energy (TRP), Cameco (CCO), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), Enbridge (ENB), and Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) and Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Imperial Oil has a net margin of 9.64% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 7.87%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 21.91% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.
Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Imperial Oil pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cenovus Energy pays out 26.4% 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.
Imperial Oil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cenovus Energy. Imperial Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cenovus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.4% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.6% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Imperial Oil. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 6 mentions for Imperial Oil. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.69 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cenovus Energy received 415 more outperform votes than Imperial Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.91% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote while only 35.63% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.
Imperial Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$96.31, indicating a potential upside of 3.43%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus target price of C$33.19, indicating a potential upside of 18.42%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Imperial Oil.
Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cenovus Energy beats Imperial Oil on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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