IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED vs YPF Sociedad Anonima, two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where IMO and YPF diverge most: on net margin, IMO reads 8.0% and YPF reads -4.3%; on return on equity, IMO reads 16.9% and YPF reads -7.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | IMO | YPF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.95 | $55.52 |
| Market cap | $63.0B | $21.8B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.3% | — |
| P/E | 20.6 | — |
| P/B | 3.49 | 1.97 |
| P/S | 1.65 | 1.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 33.2 | 12.0 |
| Revenue growth | +5.7% | +9.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 27.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 9.4% |
| Net margin | 8.0% | -4.3% |
| Return on equity | 16.9% | -7.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.7% | -2.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 12.4% |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 22.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 0.87 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.08 | 1.49 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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