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Imperial Oil (IMO) Competitors

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C$109.94 +1.76 (+1.63%)
As of 07/2/2025 04:21 PM Eastern

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

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), Veren (VRN), Paramount Resources (POU), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), and Coro Mining (COP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Imperial Oil vs. Its Competitors

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 risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

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

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

Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 21.25% compared to Imperial Oil's net margin of 10.00%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 21.23% beat Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Imperial Oil10.00% 21.23% 9.78%
Canadian Natural Resources 21.25%19.14%8.80%

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$48.47B1.18C$4.85BC$9.3111.81
Canadian Natural ResourcesC$35.38B2.61C$7.52BC$3.6012.23

In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 13 more articles in the media than Imperial Oil. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 6 mentions for Imperial Oil. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.37 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Canadian Natural Resources
8 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Imperial Oil pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 59.4% 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$103.78, suggesting a potential downside of 5.61%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus target price of C$54.58, suggesting a potential upside of 23.88%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Canadian Natural Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Imperial Oil on 12 of the 18 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$57.39BC$69.43BC$7.53BC$6.16B
Dividend Yield2.40%4.73%10.93%6.72%
P/E Ratio11.816.9654.9950.59
Price / Sales1.1813.5120,613.431,218.45
Price / Cash12.216.1336.1383.29
Price / Book2.472.043.294.72
Net IncomeC$4.85BC$257.08BC$4.20BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.96%2.34%0.81%1.40%
1 Month Performance8.89%4.82%4.46%4.32%
1 Year Performance15.25%-3.09%103.50%25.97%

Imperial Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMO
Imperial Oil
1.9315 of 5 stars
C$109.94
+1.6%
C$103.78
-5.6%
+17.1%C$57.39BC$48.47B11.815,300
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
3.7634 of 5 stars
C$44.12
-4.1%
C$54.25
+23.0%
-10.6%C$92.59BC$35.38B12.2510,272Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SU
Suncor Energy
4.4695 of 5 stars
C$53.52
-3.0%
C$62.58
+16.9%
-1.9%C$67.13BC$52.29B8.4516,600
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.5978 of 5 stars
C$19.12
-4.9%
C$28.15
+47.2%
-29.8%C$34.83BC$54.87B9.426,000High Trading Volume
ARX
ARC Resources
3.5378 of 5 stars
C$29.92
-2.9%
C$33.17
+10.9%
+11.6%C$17.61BC$5.31B15.78438Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$53.45
-6.3%
N/A-15.1%C$9.72BC$6.82B4.901,740News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
VRN
Veren
N/AN/AC$11.74
+∞
N/AC$5.60BC$3.83B5.20777
POU
Paramount Resources
3.5206 of 5 stars
C$21.76
-5.8%
C$23.33
+7.2%
-31.3%C$3.24BC$1.93B8.91579News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.0287 of 5 stars
C$12.70
+1.4%
C$11.92
-6.2%
+70.7%C$2.66BC$108.71M84.5128,600Dividend Announcement
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up

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This page (TSE:IMO) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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