Imperial Oil Ltd Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Nov 03, 2010
Imperial Oil Ltd (IMO, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-09-30.

Imperial Oil Ltd has a market cap of $32.16 billion; its shares were traded at around $38.42 with a P/E ratio of 16.6 and P/S ratio of 1.5. The dividend yield of Imperial Oil Ltd stocks is 1.2%. Imperial Oil Ltd had an annual average earning growth of 35.4% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Imperial Oil Ltd the business predictability rank of 5-star.IMO is in the portfolios of Murray Stahl of Horizon Asset Management, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC.

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The companys net income for the third quarter of 2010 was $418 million or $0.49 a share on a diluted basis, compared with $547 million or $0.64 a share for the same period last year. Net income for the first nine months of 2010 was $1,411 million or $1.65 a share on a diluted basis, versus $1,045 million or $1.22 a share for the nine months of 2009.

Although third quarter earnings were lower, underlying business operations remained strong across all segments of the company. The lower third quarter earnings were primarily attributable to planned maintenance activities at Syncrude, impacting earnings by about $90 million, and the unfavourable foreign exchange effects of a stronger Canadian dollar of about $70 million. These factors were partially offset by the combined impacts of upstream commodity prices and downstream margins totaling about $75 million. The company estimates that third-party pipeline reliability issues negatively impacted third quarter earnings by about $60 million; this effect, which will carry-over in fourth quarter results, has been reflected in the overall commodity price and margins factor above.

For the nine months, earnings increased primarily due to the impacts of higher upstream commodity prices of about $800 million, higher Syncrude volumes of about $90 million and improved refinery operations and lower refinery maintenance activities totaling about $75 million. These factors were partially offset by the unfavourable effects of a stronger Canadian dollar of about $330 million, higher royalty costs due to higher commodity prices of about $240 million, and lower overall downstream margins of about $110 million. Earnings in the nine months of 2010 also included higher gain of about $25 million from sale of non-operating assets.

Net income in the third quarter was $348 million versus $439 million in the same period of 2009. Earnings decreased primarily due to higher costs and lower volumes at Syncrude, mainly a result of planned maintenance activities, totaling about $90 million. Earnings were also negatively impacted by the unfavourable foreign exchange effects of a stronger Canadian dollar of about $65 million and lower Cold Lake bitumen production and lower conventional volumes totaling about $25 million. These factors were partially offset by higher crude oil and natural gas commodity prices in the third quarter of 2010 which contributed to higher earnings of about $95 million. Third-party pipeline reliability issues in the third quarter negatively impacted the transportation of western crude oil. The company estimates the negative impact on earnings of about $45 million from lower realizations, the effect of which has been reflected in the commodity price factor above.

Net income for the nine months was $1,238 million versus $833 million during the same period last year. Higher crude oil and natural gas commodity prices in 2010 increased revenues, contributing to higher earnings of about $800 million. Earnings were also positively impacted by higher Syncrude volumes, reflecting improved reliability, of about $90 million. These factors were partially offset by the impact of a stronger Canadian dollar of about $265 million and higher royalty costs due to higher commodity prices of about $240 million.

Nine-month net income was $176 million, compared with $226 million in 2009. Lower earnings were primarily due to lower overall margins of about $110 million and the unfavourable effects of a stronger Canadian dollar of about $60 million. These factors were partially offset by the favourable impacts of about $75 million associated with improved refinery operations and lower refinery maintenance activities and $35 million gain from sale of non-operating assets.

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