DELEK US HOLDINGS, INC. 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 DK and IMO diverge most: on net margin, DK reads -0.5% and IMO reads 6.2%; on return on equity, DK reads -17.0% and IMO reads 12.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DK price has a different growth bar priced in than IMO (+5.7% implied for DK vs +23.9% for IMO); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DK'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 | DK | IMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $63.07 | $128.46 |
| Market cap | $3.8B | $62.3B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.7% | +23.9% |
| P/E | — | 29.6 |
| P/B | 12.58 | 3.72 |
| P/S | 0.35 | 1.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.8 | 33.9 |
| Revenue growth | -4.7% | -9.1% |
| Operating margin | -6.8% | — |
| Net margin | -0.5% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | -17.0% | 12.8% |
| Return on assets | -0.7% | 6.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | — |
| FCF yield | 12.6% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 10.57 | 0.15 |
| Current ratio | 0.76 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.11 | 4.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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