How Cenovus Energy Inc. stacks up

CVE · against 40 other Energy companies of similar size

Profitability

77/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #14 of 41 · scores higher than 68% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

5 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including CVE · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 77?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Energy peers.

Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.8% vs peer median 11.7%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 65% of peers. Return on assets: 6.2% vs peer median 4.4%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 91% of peers. Return on invested capital: 30.9% vs peer median 9.3%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = CVE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	CVE	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 38 reported	30.9%	11.8%	97%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 41 reported	8.8%	18.6%	15%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 40 reported	6.2%	6.2%	49%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 40 reported	20.9%	15.4%	69%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 41 reported	29.9%	37.1%	30%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CVE

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.CQP · US-listed	30.5B USD	95	57
2	Inpex Corporation1605.T · Japan	4.69T JPY (≈$31.9B)	90	67
2	Canadian Natural Resources LimitedCNQ · US-listed	110.5B USD	90	61
2	EOG Resources, Inc.EOG · US-listed	81.4B USD	90	78
5	Shaanxi Coal Industry Company Limited601225.SS · China	266.1B CNY (≈$37.3B)	89	61
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9	Valero Energy CorporationVLO · US-listed	111.6B USD	83	70
11	Equinor ASAEQNR · US-listed	108.0B USD	81	55
11	Suncor Energy Inc.SU · US-listed	89.1B USD	81	59
13	EQT CorporationEQT · US-listed	33.9B USD	80	71
14	Cenovus Energy Inc.CVE · US-listed	56.7B USD	77	57
15	Ecopetrol S.A.E1CO34.SA · Brazil	186.0B BRL (≈$33.5B)	74	41
16	Targa Resources Corp.TRGP · US-listed	64.0B USD	71	37
17	Woodside Energy Group LtdWDS · US-listed	42.5B USD	70	56
17	The Williams Companies, Inc.WMB · US-listed	88.6B USD	70	40

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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