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Cenovus Energy Inc.CVE.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Energy›Integrated Oil

Canadian integrated oil and gas company with oil-sands production, conventional assets, and refining through US and Canadian plants.

≈ Canada's Phillips 66-style integrated oil-sands producerMomentum neutral 44
Mkt cap
$50.2B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
71%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$195M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+15.0 pp
WACC 6.1%
Hurdle
-44 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
95 days
9 Feb 2027
Close · CADC$38.74
1D-0.1%
1W-15.4%
1M-11.3%
3M-1.6%
6M-0.3%
YTD+66.8%
1Y+65.6%
ATR %4.2%
52w lowhigh18.4% off high

What Cenovus Energy does

Canadian integrated oil and gas company with oil-sands production, conventional assets, and refining through US and Canadian plants.

Sells crude oil, bitumen and refined fuels at prices set in world markets, with refineries giving a partial offset when crude is cheap relative to products. Steam-driven wells in northern Alberta supply most of the oil. The 2021 merger with Husky Energy added most of its refining and its offshore oil.

In one line: Canada's Phillips 66-style integrated oil-sands producer.

Products and services

  • Oil-sands production (Christina Lake, Foster Creek)
  • Refining (US and Canada)
  • Conventional oil & gas

Customers

  • Refined-product wholesale customers
  • Refiners/crude-oil markets

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy
  • Integrated oil & gas
  • Oil-sands production + refining

What could go right

  • Oil-price strength
  • Oil-sands production growth

What could go wrong

  • Oil-price cyclicality
  • Carbon/regulatory policy risk

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Large oil-sands reserve base integrated with downstream refining capacity.

Headquarters: Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Founded: 2009 · Employees: 7,211

Named competitors

Cenovus Energy at a glance

Size Cenovus Energy (CVE.TO) is a Canada Energy company (Integrated Oil) with a market value of $50.2B, the 24th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$38.74 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.3%, against +0.9% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +17.4%); the operating margin is 20.9% (peer median 24.0%).

Valuation It trades at 6.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 8.0× (7th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +30%, so the hurdle is -44 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 15.0 points above its cost of capital (6.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 101CVE.TO 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Cenovus Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Cenovus Energy financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$56.6BC$49.7BC$54.3BC$52.2BC$66.9B
Revenue growth—-8%+4%-22%—
Gross profitC$13.1BC$5.20BC$5.63BC$6.16BC$11.4B
EBITDAC$17.9BC$9.82BC$9.93BC$10.3BC$15.0B
Net incomeC$8.73BC$3.93BC$3.14BC$4.11BC$6.45B
Free cash flowC$10.7BC$3.41BC$4.29BC$3.17BC$7.73B
Capital expenditureC$5.18BC$4.91BC$5.01BC$4.30BC$3.71B
Total debtC$11.6BC$14.2BC$10.6BC$9.95BC$11.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Cenovus Energy competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%-20%-10%0%DVNOXYIMOREPEOGECSUEQTONGC1605CNQEQNRIOCBPAKRBPPBREXE600938YPFCVE.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Cenovus Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%5×10×15×DVNOXYIMOREPEOGECSUEQTONGC1605CNQEQNRIOCBPAKRBPPBRPR600938YPFCVE.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Cenovus Energy is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%0%25%50%DVNOXYIMOREPEOGECEQT1605CNQAKRBPPBRPR600938CVE.TOGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Cenovus Energy is the large dot.

Cenovus Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (CVE.TO vs SU.TO vs CNQ.TO vs IMO.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Cenovus Energy CVE.TO$50.2B0%+12%21%6.7×-14.4%
Suncor Energy SU.TO$81.0B+12%+27%24%8.6×-11.7%
Canadian Natural Resources CNQ.TO$101B+12%+18%27%10.3×2.8%
Imperial Oil IMO.TO$59.5B+3%+19%14%10.5×-0.2%
Phillips 66 PSX$95.8B+44%+29%10%6.6×-11.3%

How Cenovus Energy compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Cenovus Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCVE.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-11.3%-4.8%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-0.3%+0.9%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-18.4%-18.0%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.1%+17.4%9th lowest of 21
Operating margin20.9%24.0%7th lowest of 21
Forward P/E6.7×8.0×7th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-14.4%-11.7%7th least demanding of 20
Growth delivered (Del g)+29.7%+17.9%4th highest of 20
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-44.1 pp-28.0 pp3rd least demanding of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital+15.0 pp+8.9 pp4th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA4.3×4.2×11th cheapest of 21
Net debt / EBITDA0.3×0.8×7th least indebted of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Cenovus Energy CVE.TOCanada$50.2B0%+12%21%6.7×-14.4%+29.7%
Devon Energy DVNUnited States$46.4B-7%+18%24%7.6×0.9%+31.5%
Occidental Petroleum OXYUnited States$56.4B+7%-11%23%9.1×-2.5%+4.7%
Imperial Oil IMO.TOCanada$59.5B+3%+19%14%10.5×-0.2%+17.1%
Repsol REP.MCSpain$36.2B+34%+24%13%4.7×-20.1%+10.5%
EOG Resources EOGUnited States$77.2B+13%+17%35%8.3×-13.5%+17.9%
Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR ECUnited States$32.6B+23%+6%22%6.5×-6.7%+15.9%
Suncor Energy SU.TOCanada$81.0B+12%+27%24%8.6×-11.7%+14.7%
EQT EQTUnited States$30.9B-12%+18%42%16.0×-1.9%+25.7%
Oil & Natural Gas ONGC.NSIndia$30.8B-18%+7%9%5.6×-12.6%+14.9%
Inpex 1605.TJapan$25.9B-16%-8%49%7.4×-14.4%+21.1%
Canadian Natural Resources CNQ.TOCanada$101B+12%+18%27%10.3×2.8%+18.1%
Equinor EQNR.OLNorway$102B+12%+2%33%7.2×-15.4%+20.7%
Indian Oil IOC.NSIndia$21.9B0%+23%7%20.8×-2.3%+16.4%
Bp PLC BP..LUnited Kingdom$116B+2%+23%13%5.4×-16.3%+11.7%
Aker BP AKRBP.OLNorway$21.6B-8%+4%70%7.8×-15.4%+32.7%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Sponsored ADR PBRUnited States$118B-9%+21%35%3.7×-19.8%+11.0%
Expand Energy EXEUnited States$19.5B-11%+20%20%10.8×-7.6%+20.3%
Permian Resources PRUnited States$18.2B+10%+13%36%8.1×-2.0%+54.2%
CNOOC 600938.SSChina$141B-22%+7%46%9.0×-21.8%+20.6%
YPF SA Sponsored ADR YPFUnited States$17.8B-9%-14%22%4.9×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Cenovus Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: Suncor Energy (SU.TO), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO), Imperial Oil (IMO.TO), Phillips 66 (PSX). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Devon Energy (DVN), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Imperial Oil (IMO.TO), Repsol (REP.MC), EOG Resources (EOG), Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR (EC).
Is Cenovus Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.7× against a peer median of 8.0×, 7th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +30%, so the hurdle is -44 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Cenovus Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.3% against +0.9% for the median peer; over one year +65.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.