BP vs Imperial Oil
BP and IMO side by side, both in petroleum refining. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BP and IMO compare
Imperial Oil grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.7% versus −1.1% for BP).
Imperial Oil keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.9% compared with 0.03% at BP.
Imperial Oil scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 3 for BP), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BP | IMO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Share price | $45.26 | $126.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.9% | 32.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 72.6% | 275% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.36 | 0.47 |
| Employees | 40K | 5,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.1% | 15.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.0% | 16.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −85.6% | 51.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 60.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 6.6% | – |
| Net margin | 0.03% | 10.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 11.3% |
| Return on equity | 0.09% | 25.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 7.7% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.00 | 0.14 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.69 | 0.06 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.5× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.27 | 1.30 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Payout ratio | 10202% | 25.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 26.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 2.2% | 29.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 67.9% |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
Go deeper
- BP stock overview
- BP income statement
- BP valuation and score
- IMO stock overview
- IMO income statement
- IMO valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.