Imperial Oil reported third-quarter net income of 2,454 million Canadian dollars versus 539 million and operating cash flow of 3,228 million versus 1,798 million; nine-month net income was 5,584 million versus 2,776 million.
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Imperial Oil reported third-quarter net income of $2,454,000,000 and about $3.2 billion in operating cash flow, ended with about $2.9 billion in cash, and expects to complete its accelerated NCIB by year-end.
IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED reported record quarterly net income of $2,454 million, or $5.11 per diluted share, and operating cash flow of $3,228 million. It returned $2,506 million to shareholders and expects to repurchase all remaining allowable shares before year end.
Imperial Oil Limited declared a quarterly cash dividend of 87 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2026, payable on January 1, 2027, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 3, 2026.
Imperial Oil Limited will host its 2026 Third Quarter Earnings Call at 9 a.m. MT on October 30, 2026, following the third quarter earnings release that morning; the call will be accessible by webcast.
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Q3 FY26 earnings call · Oct 30, 2026TL;DR. Imperial delivered record net income and stronger operating cash flow, with record downstream earnings, substantial shareholder returns and an expected strong finish to 2026. The main headwinds were lower upstream and refinery production, increased upstream operating costs, a reduced Kearl target and an expected widening WCS differential.
- + Imperial reported record quarterly net income of $2,454 million.
- + Cash flows from operating activities rose to $3,228 million from $1,798 million in the prior-year quarter.
- + Downstream earnings were $1,555 million.
- + Imperial returned $2,506 million to shareholders through $420 million of dividends and $2,086 million of share repurchases.
- + Imperial expects a strong finish to 2026 now that planned turnaround activity is complete.
- + Imperial's undeveloped resource base could eventually support doubling gross-operated production.
- − Upstream production fell to 418,000 gross oil-equivalent barrels per day from 462,000.
- − Upstream earnings declined $358 million sequentially to $941 million because of lower realizations.
- − Imperial's 2026 Kearl production target is now 280,000 gross barrels per day.
- − Refinery throughput fell to 381,000 barrels per day from 425,000 and utilization declined to 88% from 98%.
- − Upstream operating costs rose about $210 million because of higher energy costs and turnaround activity.
- − Imperial expects the WCS differential to widen further in the fourth quarter.
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Key metrics
the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
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| Capital and exploration expenditures | 668M | FY2026 Q3 | +32.3% |
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| Bitumen | 85.39 | Nine Months 2026 | — |
| Conventional crude oil | 67.62 | Nine Months 2026 | — |
| Net income (loss) excluding identified items per common share, assuming dilution non-GAAP | CAD 11.55 | Nine Months | — |
| Number of shares purchased | 11.6M | Nine Months 2026 | — |
| Per share dividend paid | $0.87 | Third Quarter | — |
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| Petrochemical sales | 498K | Nine Months 2026 | — |
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| Refinery capacity utilization | 84% | Nine Months | — |
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| Synthetic crude oil | 120.82 | Nine Months 2026 | — |
| Capital and exploration expenditures (CAPEX) - Chemical | 28M | the second quarter 2026 filing | — |
| Capital and exploration expenditures (CAPEX) - Downstream | 125M | the second quarter 2026 filing | — |
| Capital and exploration expenditures (CAPEX) - Upstream | 359M | the second quarter 2026 filing | — |
| Export sales to the United States | 3.43B | the second quarter 2026 filing | — |
| Bitumen (per barrel) | CAD 95.79 | Second quarter 2026 | — |
| Cash flows from operating activities excluding working capital non-GAAP | 2.52B | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Cold Lake production | 149,000 | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Dividends paid | 421M | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Kearl total gross production | 257,000 | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Petroleum product sales | 446,000 | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Refinery throughput | 331,000 | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Syncrude production (company's share) | 73,000 | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Synthetic crude oil (per barrel) | CAD 141.1 | Second quarter 2026 | — |
| Upstream production | 414,000 | second quarter 2026 | — |
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$60.75B | +49.1% | — | — | 3.1% |
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Imperial Oil reported third-quarter net income of 2,454 million Canadian dollars versus 539 million and operating cash flow of 3,228 million versus 1,798 million; nine-month net income was 5,584 million versus 2,776 million.
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| IMO | +3.1% | -3.9% | -0.2% | -6.8% | +49.1% |
| SPY | +2.6% | -1.2% | +0.5% | -0.2% | +10.6% |
| vs SPY | +0.5% | -2.7% | -0.7% | -6.6% | +38.5% |
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