IMO vs. SU, CVE, CONA, TUSK, CNQ, ENB, TRP, CCO, PPL, and TOU
Should you be buying Imperial Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Oil include Suncor Energy (SU), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Cona Resources (CONA), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), Cameco (CCO), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), and Tourmaline Oil (TOU).
Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) and Suncor Energy (TSE:SU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
26.8% of Imperial Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Suncor Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 69.6% of Imperial Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Suncor Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Imperial Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$96.07, indicating a potential downside of 0.24%. Suncor Energy has a consensus target price of C$61.61, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given Suncor Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Imperial Oil.
Suncor Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Imperial Oil. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Imperial Oil had 3 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Imperial Oil and 6 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.18 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Suncor Energy received 453 more outperform votes than Imperial Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.20% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 35.54% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.
Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Imperial Oil pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suncor Energy pays out 35.9% 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.
Suncor Energy has a net margin of 15.85% compared to Imperial Oil's net margin of 9.50%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 20.78% beat Suncor Energy's return on equity.
Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Suncor Energy beats Imperial Oil on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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