Imperial Oil/$IMO
Imperial Oil shares rise after Q3 adjusted earnings beat expectations, with record downstream earnings and higher bitumen realisations lifting results despite lower production and refinery throughput.
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About Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil Ltd is an integrated oil company active in all phases of the petroleum industry in Canada, including the exploration for, and production and sale of, crude oil, natural gas, petroleum products, and petrochemicals. It also pursues lower-emission business opportunities, including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, lower-emission fuels, and lithium. The company's reportable segments are Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical. Maximum revenue for the company is generated from its Downstream segment, which refines crude oil into petroleum products and distributes and market these products. The Upstream segment explores and produces crude oil, its equivalents, and natural gas, and the Chemical segment manufactures and markets hydrocarbon-based chemicals and chemical products.
- Ticker
- $IMO
- Sector
- Energy
- Primary listing
- AMEX
- Employees
- 5,000
- Headquarters
- Calgary, Canada
- Website
- www.imperialoil.ca
Imperial Oil Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$64B
21.58
$6.06
0.91
$2.41
1.93%
Price and volume
Market cap
$64B
Beta
0.91
52-week high
$139.44
52-week low
$83.27
Average daily volume
560K
Dividend rate
$2.41
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.376
Quick ratio
1.087
Long term debt to equity
0.168
Total debt to equity
0.185
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
36.00%
Interest coverage (TTM)
153.82%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
5,889.553
Gross margin (TTM)
18.06%
Net profit margin (TTM)
8.06%
Operating margin (TTM)
11.69%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
23.26%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$7,392,350
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
8.15%
Return on equity (TTM)
16.80%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
21.581
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.734
Price to book
3.9
Price to tangible book (TTM)
3.93
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
17.801
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.62%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
7.352
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.84%
Forward dividend yield
1.93%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
4.46%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-6.66%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-1.02%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
8.37%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-3.64%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
37.53%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
22.73%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
18.76%
What the Analysts think about Imperial Oil
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Imperial posted record third-quarter net income of $2.45 billion and operating cash flow of $3.23 billion, showing strong earnings power when commodity prices and refining volumes are supportive. (Imperial Oil)
The company returned $2.51 billion to shareholders in the quarter, including $2.09 billion of share repurchases, and expects to complete its current buyback authorisation before year-end. (Imperial Oil)
Imperial is considering bringing forward its Aspen oil sands decision; the project could produce up to 150,000 barrels of bitumen a day, with solvent-assisted technology intended to use less steam and water. (BNN Bloomberg)
Upstream output fell to 418,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day from 462,000 a year earlier. Third-party disruptions and planned work have also led Imperial to lower its 2026 Kearl production target. (Imperial Oil)
Refinery throughput was 381,000 barrels a day and utilisation was 88% in the third quarter, both below year-earlier levels. The company has cut its full-year throughput outlook after unplanned downtime and rail-logistics problems. (Imperial Oil, Reuters)
Kearl's environmental record and the oil sands industry's growing tailings burden pose ongoing regulatory and clean-up risks. Imperial pleaded guilty to an environmental approval breach over a wastewater overflow and was ordered to pay a $120,000 penalty. (Alberta Energy Regulator, CBC News)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 30 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Imperial Oil
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $IMO weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares MSCI Canada€SXR2 | $2.4B | 0.60% |
iShares MSCI Canada£CSCA | $2.4B | 0.60% |
SPDR MSCI World Energy£ENGW | $575M | 0.48% |
SPDR MSCI World Energy$WNRG | $575M | 0.48% |
Xtrackers MSCI World Energy$XDW0 | $1.9B | 0.47% |
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