IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED vs VALVOLINE INC., two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where IMO and VVV diverge most: on debt / equity, IMO reads 0.14 and VVV reads 3.84; on implied growth (priced in), IMO reads +9.8% and VVV reads +2.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's IMO price has a different growth bar priced in than VVV (+9.8% implied for IMO vs +2.3% for VVV); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What VVV'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 | IMO | VVV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $123.15 | $30.30 |
| Market cap | $59.7B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.8% | +2.3% |
| P/E | 19.6 | 37.9 |
| P/B | 3.31 | 9.34 |
| P/S | 1.57 | 1.98 |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.5 | 17.3 |
| Revenue growth | +5.7% | +16.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.5% |
| Operating margin | — | 20.6% |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 5.2% |
| Return on equity | 16.9% | 24.4% |
| Return on assets | 8.7% | 2.9% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 11.6% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 3.84 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.96 | 6.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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