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Imperial Oil (IMO) Competitors

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C$125.49 +0.81 (+0.65%)
As of 10/3/2025 04:17 PM Eastern

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

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

Imperial Oil vs. Its Competitors

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

Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Imperial Oil pays out 29.1% 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.

60.7% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 71.3% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
Canadian Natural Resources21.25% 19.14% 8.80%
Imperial Oil 10.00%21.23%9.78%

Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 0.880488, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.13606, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Imperial Oil had 11 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Imperial Oil and 2 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Imperial Oil's score of -0.01 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Canadian Natural Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$54.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.31%. Imperial Oil has a consensus price target of C$105.38, indicating a potential downside of 16.03%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Imperial Oil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Natural Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Imperial Oil
3 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.70

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Natural ResourcesC$43.85B2.11C$7.52BC$3.9411.27
Imperial OilC$47.18B1.35C$4.85BC$9.0713.84

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Imperial Oil on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$63.88BC$55.27BC$7.90BC$9.68B
Dividend Yield2.30%4.64%10.74%6.47%
P/E Ratio13.8475.8878.3426.81
Price / Sales1.3520,605.081,572.9810.82
Price / Cash12.216.1335.9583.29
Price / Book2.822.104.545.71
Net IncomeC$4.85BC$257.08BC$4.28BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-2.14%-0.79%0.54%1.23%
1 Month Performance3.80%1.04%4.66%6.59%
1 Year Performance19.75%10.23%15.06%40.77%

Imperial Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMO
Imperial Oil
2.123 of 5 stars
C$125.49
+0.6%
C$105.38
-16.0%
+19.8%C$63.88BC$47.18B13.845,300Analyst Revision
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.1964 of 5 stars
C$44.40
+1.9%
C$54.75
+23.3%
-7.9%C$92.38BC$43.85B11.2710,272Positive News
High Trading Volume
SU
Suncor Energy
3.865 of 5 stars
C$57.74
+0.8%
C$63.67
+10.3%
+6.4%C$70.05BC$53.64B12.7216,600Positive News
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.1752 of 5 stars
C$23.61
+0.9%
C$27.90
+18.2%
-4.6%C$42.49BC$55.62B16.406,000
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$57.06
+0.3%
N/A-5.2%C$14.67BC$9.21B25.141,740
ARX
ARC Resources
3.3779 of 5 stars
C$25.09
+1.3%
C$33.33
+32.9%
+5.3%C$14.59BC$6.24B9.92438High Trading Volume
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
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.395 of 5 stars
C$16.45
-0.4%
C$13.75
-16.4%
+118.9%C$4.82BC$193.59M137.0828,600
POU
Paramount Resources
3.4864 of 5 stars
C$21.63
+6.8%
C$24.33
+12.5%
-17.9%C$3.10BC$1.59B2.15579Dividend Announcement
IPCO
International Petroleum
N/AC$23.97
+1.9%
C$22.75
-5.1%
+34.1%C$2.69BC$809.28M54.48N/AGap Down

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