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International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia)IPCO.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Energy›Oil & Gas Production

Oil producer with international assets in France, Malaysia and Canada, listed on the Toronto and Stockholm exchanges.

≈ A geographically diversified international oil producerMomentum strong 76
Mkt cap
$2.85B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
58%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.83M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.5 pp
WACC 8.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
95 days
9 Feb 2027
Close · CADC$35.45
1D+2.4%
1W-11.6%
1M+1.7%
3M+15.9%
6M0.0%
YTD+42.8%
1Y+47.4%
ATR %3.8%
52w lowhigh13.4% off high

What International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) does

Oil producer with international assets in France, Malaysia and Canada, listed on the Toronto and Stockholm exchanges.

Sells crude oil and gas at market-linked prices, with income following oil prices and the output of its three producing regions. The Blackrod oil sands project in Alberta is the large development that would add Canadian output. The company was spun out of Lundin Petroleum in 2017.

In one line: A geographically diversified international oil producer.

Products and services

  • France oil production
  • Malaysia (Bertam) oil production
  • Canadian oil production (Suffield/Blackrod)

Customers

  • Oil refiners/marketers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy exploration & production
  • International oil production (France…
  • Canadian heavy oil production

What could go right

  • Oil price strength
  • New project development (Blackrod)

What could go wrong

  • Oil price volatility
  • Geopolitical/country-specific operating risk

Moat: none. Commodity oil producer without a structural cost or scale advantage; geographic diversification reduces but doesn't eliminate risk.

Headquarters: Calgary, Canada · Founded: 2017 · Employees: 331

Named competitors

International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) at a glance

Size International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) (IPCO.TO) is a Canada Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $2.85B, the 164th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$35.45 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares was unchanged, against -9.0% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 11.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is 19.0% (peer median 28.5%).

Valuation It trades at 11.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 7.9× (7th most expensive of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.5 points below its cost of capital (8.0% WACC).

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

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026IPCO.TO 99Peer median 90
Six months, rebased to 100: International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$1.07BC$925MC$1.06BC$1.13BC$1.45B
Revenue growth—-13%-6%-22%—
Gross profitC$224MC$121MC$236MC$292MC$632M
EBITDAC$398MC$304MC$425MC$438MC$804M
Net incomeC$108MC$40.4MC$140MC$233MC$440M
Free cash flow-C$81.0M-C$225M-C$232MC$43.7MC$571M
Capital expenditureC$311MC$484MC$596MC$423MC$205M
Total debtC$699MC$667MC$645MC$589MC$418M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) 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

-30%-20%-10%0%-10%0%605090GPORTPZTALONOGPTENWTTRCRKENOGSDECNXVETMURMAUNEXTBNORBPTCJPXTHBRIPCO.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%+100%20×40×605090GPORTPZTALONOGPTENWTTRCRKENOGSDECNXVETBNORPXTIPCO.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) is the large dot.

International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (IPCO.TO vs PXT.TO vs VET.TO vs GTE.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) IPCO.TO$2.85B0%+11%19%11.2×n/a
Parex Resources PXT.TO$1.36B-30%+14%29%3.5×-11.2%
Vermilion Energy VET.TO$1.61B-9%-2%14%4.3×-0.8%
Gran Tierra Energy GTE.TO$333M+11%+7%4%309.2×-0.6%
Obsidian Energy OBE.TO$653M-21%-22%22%4.1×n/a
Baytex Energy BTE.TO$2.95B-11%-8%15%7.5×4.7%

How International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) 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.

International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureIPCO.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.7%-9.5%4th highest of 21
6-month return0.0%-9.0%highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-13.4%-27.0%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+11.2%+8.9%10th highest of 20
Operating margin19.0%28.5%6th lowest of 20
Forward P/E11.2×7.9×7th most expensive of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.5 pp+2.3 pp5th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA11.7×4.2×2nd most expensive of 19
Net debt / EBITDA1.7×1.1×6th most indebted of 19

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
International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) IPCO.TOCanada$2.85B0%+11%19%11.2×n/an/a
Jiangxi Jovo Energy 605090.SSChina$3.02B-37%-7%9%11.8×-0.6%+17.9%
Gulfport Energy GPORUnited States$2.65B-16%+27%42%6.3×-13.4%+10.6%
Topaz Energy TPZ.TOCanada$3.17B-9%+22%60%22.8×5.9%+29.4%
Talos Energy TALOUnited States$2.48B-1%+13%14%7.9×-5.0%+25.3%
Northern Oil and Gas NOGUnited States$2.43B-2%-3%30%4.9×n/an/a
Patterson-UTI Energy PTENUnited States$3.76B-13%0%0%26.0×42.6%+33.8%
Select Water Solutions WTTRUnited States$2.09B-4%-2%4%28.9×n/an/a
Comstock Resources CRKUnited States$3.94B-5%+17%19%43.4×n/an/a
Energean ENOG.LUnited Kingdom$1.72B-19%+9%27%4.2×-2.4%+126.8%
Spartan Delta SDE.TOCanada$1.63B-11%+93%32%7.6×n/an/a
CNX Resources CNXUnited States$4.99B-2%+8%40%9.3×-5.8%+14.6%
Vermilion Energy VET.TOCanada$1.61B-9%-2%14%4.3×-0.8%+9.1%
Murphy Oil MURUnited States$5.16B-3%+8%22%8.6×-0.7%+9.0%
Etablissements Maurel & Prom MAU.PAFrance$1.57B-29%-11%31%5.4×n/an/a
NextDecade NEXTUnited States$1.56B-23%n/an/an/an/an/a
BlueNord BNOR.OLNorway$1.49B-6%+28%32%10.9×-12.2%+15.0%
Beach Energy BPT.AXAustralia$1.42B-16%-9%21%5.5×-12.2%+4.2%
Cardinal Energy CJ.TOCanada$1.40B-8%+18%31%11.8×5.3%+17.9%
Parex Resources PXT.TOCanada$1.36B-30%+14%29%3.5×-11.2%+11.5%
Harbour Energy HBR.LUnited Kingdom$6.17B-8%+17%40%5.1×n/an/a

Questions

Who are International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia)'s main competitors?
Named competitors: Parex Resources (PXT.TO), Vermilion Energy (VET.TO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE.TO), Obsidian Energy (OBE.TO), Baytex Energy (BTE.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Jiangxi Jovo Energy (605090.SS), Gulfport Energy (GPOR), Topaz Energy (TPZ.TO), Talos Energy (TALO), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN).
Is International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.2× against a peer median of 7.9×, 7th most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned 0.0% against -9.0% for the median peer; over one year +47.4%.

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.