BP PLC vs IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED, two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BP and IMO diverge most: on revenue growth, BP reads +6.9% and IMO reads -9.1%; on debt / equity, BP reads 0.00 and IMO reads 0.15. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BP | IMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $45.21 | $129.39 |
| Market cap | $123.6B | $62.7B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.6% |
| P/E | — | 29.8 |
| P/B | 1.67 | 3.75 |
| P/S | 0.64 | 1.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.9 | 34.2 |
| Revenue growth | +6.9% | -9.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | — |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | 1.8% | 12.8% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.5% | — |
| FCF yield | 19.8% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.29 | 4.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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