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Company snapshot — Imperial Oil Ltd

IMO.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Imperial Oil explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas in Canada, then refines and sells fuels, lubricants and chemicals under the Esso and Mobil brands. Its upstream arm produces crude, synthetic crude and bitumen; its downstream arm refines and moves that output to market by pipeline, rail and road; a smaller chemical arm makes solvents and resins. It is based in Calgary and operates as a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil.
Where it sits in the stack
Imperial Oil carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the Energy sector of the Closelook universe, grouped with other Canadian producers and refiners rather than any build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it against other Canadian energy names — Suncor, Canadian Natural Resources, ARC Resources, Whitecap Resources, TC Energy, Cameco and AltaGas — grouped by sector and country; the market also compares it with Exxon Mobil, its parent.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no index seat and draws no mentions in the diary's editions, but it does carry a Closelook score, where the momentum module reads strongest and the quality module reads weakest.
What the diary watches
Whether the strength in momentum holds up given the weaker quality reading, and how the shares sit against their recent range as that gap plays out.

Imperial Oil Ltd (IMO.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for IMO.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Integrated · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Integrated

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against IMO.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.83%, quarterly · last 0.87 CAD on 2026-09-04

Dividends and capital return

What IMO.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.33 CAD per share · a 1.83% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +54.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.16 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.87 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.88 CAD (partial) · 2026: 2.61 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-05

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Imperial Oil Ltd (IMO.TO)?

Imperial Oil Ltd trades as IMO.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is IMO.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Imperial Oil Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does IMO.TO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.9% vs the 50-day and +11.7% vs the 200-day average, 4.9% below the 52-week high and +60.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Imperial Oil Ltd do?

Imperial Oil explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas in Canada, then refines and sells fuels, lubricants and chemicals under the Esso and Mobil brands. Its upstream arm produces crude, synthetic crude and bitumen; its downstream arm refines and moves that output to market by pipeline, rail and road; a smaller chemical arm makes solvents and resins. It is based in Calgary and operates as a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil. Closelook's peer group places it against other Canadian energy names — Suncor, Canadian Natural Resources, ARC Resources, Whitecap Resources, TC Energy, Cameco and AltaGas — grouped by sector and country; the market also compares it with Exxon Mobil, its parent.

Where does Imperial Oil Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Imperial Oil carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the Energy sector of the Closelook universe, grouped with other Canadian producers and refiners rather than any build-out layer. It holds no index seat and draws no mentions in the diary's editions, but it does carry a Closelook score, where the momentum module reads strongest and the quality module reads weakest.

Does Imperial Oil Ltd pay a dividend?

Imperial Oil Ltd has paid 3.33 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.83% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.87 CAD on 2026-09-04. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IMO.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Integrated, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.