IMO vs. SU, CVE, CONA, TUSK, ENB, CNQ, 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), Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), TC Energy (TRP), Cameco (CCO), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), and Tourmaline Oil (TOU).
Suncor Energy (TSE:SU) and Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Suncor Energy pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Imperial Oil pays out 27.3% 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$61.61, indicating a potential upside of 17.91%. Imperial Oil has a consensus target price of C$96.07, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Given Imperial Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Imperial Oil.
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.
Suncor Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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, Suncor Energy and Suncor Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.97 indicating that Imperial Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
72.9% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.6% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Suncor Energy has a net margin of 15.85% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 9.50%. Suncor Energy's return on equity of 20.78% beat Imperial Oil's return on equity.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Suncor Energy beats Imperial Oil on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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