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 revenue growth, IMO reads -9.1% and VVV reads +11.2%; on debt / equity, IMO reads 0.15 and VVV reads 4.69. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's IMO price has a different growth bar priced in than VVV (+22.5% implied for IMO vs +9.2% for VVV); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What IMO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What VVV's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | IMO | VVV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.39 | $38.42 |
| Market cap | $62.7B | $4.9B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.5% | +9.2% |
| P/E | 29.8 | 52.6 |
| P/B | 3.75 | 13.97 |
| P/S | 1.81 | 2.65 |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.2 | 22.9 |
| Revenue growth | -9.1% | +11.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 37.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 17.1% |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 5.0% |
| Return on equity | 12.8% | 26.5% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 2.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 10.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 2.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.15 | 4.69 |
| Current ratio | 1.23 | 0.73 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.02 | 6.71 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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