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Imperial Oil (Imperial Oil) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 26.44 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Imperial Oil's share price is $68.31. Imperial Oil's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.58. Hence, Imperial Oil's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 26.44.

The historical rank and industry rank for Imperial Oil's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

IMO' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.56   Med: 12.46   Max: 410
Current: 27.31

During the past 13 years, Imperial Oil's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 410.00. The lowest was 3.56. And the median was 12.46.

IMO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
83.76% of 591 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 10.03 vs IMO: 27.31

Imperial Oil's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.13. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $2.58.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Imperial Oil was -75.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, Imperial Oil's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 163.00% per year. The lowest was -66.90% per year. And the median was 15.15% per year.


Imperial Oil Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Imperial Oil's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Imperial Oil Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.41 - 7.45 4.72 22.30

Imperial Oil Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.72 7.21 10.20 14.54 22.30

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, Imperial Oil's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Imperial Oil Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Imperial Oil's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Imperial Oil's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Imperial Oil Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Imperial Oil's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=68.31/2.584
=26.44

Imperial Oil's Share Price of today is $68.31.
Imperial Oil's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.58.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Imperial Oil  (AMEX:IMO) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Imperial Oil (Imperial Oil) Business Description

Industry
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Address
505 Quarry Park Boulevard S.E, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2C 5N1
Imperial Oil is one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies, focusing on upstream operations, petroleum refining operations, and the marketing of petroleum products. Production averaged 398 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2020. The company estimates that it holds 5.2 billion boe of proved and probable crude oil and natural gas reserves. Imperial remains the largest refiner of petroleum products in Canada, operating three refineries with a combined processing capacity of 421 mboe/d. The Upstream segment operates to produce crude oil and its equivalent, and natural gas. The Downstream segment operates to refine crude oil into petroleum products. The Chemical segment manufactures hydrocarbon-based chemicals and chemical products.

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