How Imperial Oil Limited stacks up

IMO · against 35 other Energy companies of similar size

Profitability

60/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #21 of 36 · scores higher than 43% of peers

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

4 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including IMO · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 60?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets, which is stronger than most Energy peers.

Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.1% vs peer median 11.7%
Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
a higher return on assets: stronger than 82% of peers. Return on assets: 8.7% vs peer median 4.4%

Metric by metric

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

Metric	IMO	Peer median	Better than	Position among peers	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 33 reported	Not reported	12.0%	—	—	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 36 reported	9.1%	17.7%	20%		33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 35 reported	8.7%	6.2%	79%		33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 35 reported	16.8%	15.9%	59%		Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 36 reported	18.1%	35.4%	20%		Context only

A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around IMO

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited1088.HK · Hong Kong	934.4B HKD (≈$119.6B)	92	58
2	Canadian Natural Resources LimitedCNQ · US-listed	110.5B USD	90	61
2	EOG Resources, Inc.EOG · US-listed	81.4B USD	90	78
4	Shaanxi Coal Industry Company Limited601225.SS · China	266.1B CNY (≈$37.3B)	89	61
5	MPLX LPMPLX · US-listed	58.3B USD	88	51
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16	The Williams Companies, Inc.WMB · US-listed	88.6B USD	70	40
18	Occidental Petroleum CorporationOXY · US-listed	60.4B USD	67	77
19	Phillips 66PSX · US-listed	109.0B USD	64	58
20	Repsol, S.A.REP.MC · Europe	32.3B EUR (≈$35.5B)	62	59
21	Imperial Oil LimitedIMO · US-listed	66.8B USD	60	49
22	Devon Energy CorporationDVN · US-listed	52.4B USD	59	57
22	Kinder Morgan, Inc.KMI · US-listed	73.2B USD	59	44
24	Baker Hughes CompanyBKR · US-listed	52.4B USD	57	47
25	Ecopetrol S.A.EC · US-listed	34.0B USD	56	37

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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