Chevron Corp 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 CVX and IMO diverge most: on debt / equity, CVX reads 0.03 and IMO reads 0.15; on return on equity, CVX reads 5.8% and IMO reads 12.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CVX price has a different growth bar priced in than IMO (+11.9% implied for CVX vs +23.9% for IMO); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CVX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What IMO'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 | CVX | IMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $194.72 | $128.46 |
| Market cap | $386.7B | $62.3B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +11.9% | +23.9% |
| P/E | 33.9 | 29.6 |
| P/B | 2.04 | 3.72 |
| P/S | 2.03 | 1.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.0 | 33.9 |
| Revenue growth | -5.6% | -9.1% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | 5.8% | 12.8% |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 6.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 3.5% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 0.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.09 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.11 | 4.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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