Ovintiv
Ovintiv's revenue fell 2.7% to $8.9 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 12.7%, down from 17.2% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $1.5 billion, up 6.1%. It paid out $615 million in dividends and buybacks, 41% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.9%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2017 to 2025, earnings per share grew 1.5% a year and net income 5.2% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 33% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Ovintiv yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Ovintiv's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Ovintiv's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $1.5B, net cash of −$4.9B at December 31, 2025 and 260 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Ovintiv: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, -10.6% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 12%: 11% for a cyclical or higher-risk business (Oil & Gas Exploration & Production), plus 1 point for unsteady results (revenue fell in two of the last five years); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $72.55
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Ovintiv's earnings per share of $3.49 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 17.1×, the middle of Ovintiv's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Energy median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 13%, 12% and 11%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $72.55
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Ovintiv's P/E at the last close
- 20.8×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamondback EnergyFANG | $207.13 | $5.26 | 39.4× |
| OvintivOVV | $72.55 | $3.49 | 20.8× |
| EQTEQT | $54.85 | $4.31 | 12.7× |
| Expand EnergyEXE | $94.02 | $11.58 | 8.1× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 195 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 280 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 4,825 | 3,603 | 5,764 | 5,473 | 5,202 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 4,630 | 3,598 | 5,761 | 5,431 | 4,922 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.7x | 0.7x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.5x |
| Debt to equity | 0.9x | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x |
| Interest coverage | 4.5x | 12.4x | 8.1x | 3.8x | 3.0x |
| Current ratio | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x |
| Quick ratio | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Ovintiv shares on the open market, and 5 insiders sold $5.7 million.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Rachel Maureen MooreEVP, Corporate Services | Sold | 7,753 | $63.32 | $490,920 | Form 4 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Meghan Nicole EilersEVP, M&m & GC | Sold | 11,582 | $54.78 | $634,462 | Form 4 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Howard John MaysonDirector | Sold | 5,000 | $52.39 | $261,950 | Form 4 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Gregory Dean GivensEVP & COO | Sold | 50,000 | $40.33 | $2.0 million | Form 4 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Steven W NanceDirector | Sold | 5,000 | $41.99 | $209,950 | Form 4 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Gregory Dean GivensEVP & COO | Sold | 50,000 | $42.50 | $2.1 million | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | 3 of 8 | 4 of 8 | 8 of 8 |
| Accruals ratio | −11.9% | −13.2% | −12.2% |
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovintiv | FY25 | −2.7% | 12.7% | 16.9% | 7.1% | 1.5x | 8 | |
| EQT | FY25 | 63.9% | 37.6% | 32.8% | 7.4% | 1.3x | 8 | Compare |
| Expand Energy | FY25 | 186.3% | 20.4% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 0.8x | 7 | Compare |
| Woodside Energy | FY25 | −1.5% | 29.9% | — | 7.1% | 0.7x | 4 | Compare |
| Diamondback Energy | FY25 | 35.8% | 8.4% | — | 1.9% | 2.3x | 4 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 2,918 | 4,443 | 5,939 | 6,726 | 6,087 | 8,658 | 12,464 | 10,883 | 9,152 | 8,908 |
| Revenue growth | −34.0% | 52.3% | 33.7% | 13.2% | −9.5% | 42.2% | 44.0% | −12.7% | −15.9% | −2.7% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | −1,881 | 1,068 | 1,694 | 598 | −5,397 | 1,519 | 3,853 | 2,864 | 1,579 | 1,131 |
| Net income | −944 | 827 | 1,069 | 234 | −6,097 | 1,416 | 3,637 | 2,085 | 1,125 | 1,242 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | −5.35 | 4.25 | 5.57 | 0.90 | −23.47 | 5.32 | 14.08 | 7.90 | 4.21 | 4.78 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 176 | 195 | 192 | 261 | 260 | 266 | 258 | 264 | 267 | 260 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 625 | 1,050 | 2,300 | 2,921 | 1,895 | 3,129 | 3,866 | 4,167 | 3,721 | 3,652 |
| Capital expenditure | 1,132 | 1,796 | 1,975 | 2,626 | 1,736 | 1,519 | 1,831 | 2,744 | 2,303 | 2,147 |
| Free cash flow | −507 | −746 | 325 | 295 | 159 | 1,610 | 2,035 | 1,423 | 1,418 | 1,505 |
| Dividends paid | 51 | 57 | 56 | 102 | 97 | 122 | 239 | 307 | 316 | 308 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 250 | 1,250 | 0 | 111 | 719 | 426 | 597 | 307 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,225 | 12 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 134 | 110 | −46 | 39 | 33 | 138 | 202 | 47 | 66 | 57 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 834 | 719 | 1,058 | 190 | 10 | 195 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 280 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 4,198 | 4,197 | 4,493 | 7,184 | 7,006 | 4,825 | 3,603 | 5,764 | 5,473 | 5,202 |
| Total assets | 14,653 | 15,267 | 15,344 | 21,487 | 14,469 | 14,055 | 15,056 | 19,987 | 19,254 | 20,390 |
| Total liabilities | 8,527 | 8,539 | 7,897 | 11,557 | 10,632 | 8,981 | 7,367 | 9,617 | 8,923 | 9,195 |
| Shareholders' equity | 6,126 | 6,728 | 7,447 | 9,930 | 3,837 | 5,074 | 7,689 | 10,370 | 10,331 | 11,195 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | −64.5% | 24.0% | 28.5% | 8.9% | −88.7% | 17.5% | 30.9% | 26.3% | 17.2% | 12.7% |
| Net margin | −32.4% | 18.6% | 18.0% | 3.5% | −100.2% | 16.4% | 29.2% | 19.2% | 12.3% | 13.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | −17.4% | −16.8% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 2.6% | 18.6% | 16.3% | 13.1% | 15.5% | 16.9% |
| Return on capital | −14.3% | 6.3% | 14.8% | 3.2% | −30.7% | 14.8% | 36.7% | 17.4% | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| Return on equity | −15.4% | 12.9% | 15.1% | 2.7% | −88.6% | 31.8% | 57.0% | 23.1% | 10.9% | 11.5% |
| Return on assets | −6.2% | 5.5% | 7.0% | 1.3% | −33.9% | 9.9% | 25.0% | 11.9% | 5.7% | 6.3% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 1.8x | 1.2x | 2.7x | — | 1.7x | 0.7x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.5x |