Ovintiv Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Ovintiv Inc. had return on equity of 11.5%, an operating margin of 12.7%, debt equal to 46.7% of equity and a current ratio of 0.54. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.0% | 28.5% | 8.9% | −88.7% | 17.5% | 30.9% | 26.3% | 17.3% | 12.7% | 9.7% |
| Net margin | 18.6% | 18.0% | 3.5% | −100.2% | 16.4% | 29.2% | 19.2% | 12.3% | 13.9% | 9.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −16.8% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 2.6% | 18.6% | 16.3% | 13.1% | 15.5% | 16.9% | 23.2% |
| Return on equity | 12.3% | 15.0% | 2.7% | −88.6% | 31.8% | 57.0% | 23.1% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 8.1% |
| Return on assets | — | 7.0% | 1.3% | −33.9% | 9.9% | 25.0% | 11.9% | 5.7% | 6.3% | 4.6% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.61 | 0.86 | 0.62 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.49 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.29 | 0.77 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 1.01 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 55.8% | 70.2% | 179.4% | 94.3% | 46.4% | 55.5% | 53.0% | 46.7% | 32.3% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 2.9x | 4.8x | 1.6x | n/m | 4.5x | 12.4x | 8.1x | 3.8x | 3.0x | 2.4x |
| Effective tax rate | 42.2% | 8.1% | 25.7% | — | −14.3% | −2.2% | 16.9% | 16.7% | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 40.4% | 33.3% | 39.0% | 28.5% | 17.5% | 14.7% | 25.2% | 25.2% | 24.1% | 22.4% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −90.2% | 30.4% | 126.1% | — | 113.7% | 56.0% | 68.2% | 126.0% | 121.2% | 246.3% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 6.9% | 5.2% | 43.6% | — | 8.6% | 6.6% | 14.7% | 28.1% | 24.8% | 35.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 94.2% | 458.3% | 61.0% | 14.5% | 47.1% | 51.5% | 64.4% | 40.9% | 40.2% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.7% | 0.1% | −3.7% | 22.0% | 13.2% | 20.3% | −29.8% | 33.0% |
| Net margin | 21.8% | −2.7% | −6.7% | 13.2% | 7.2% | 44.1% | −24.9% | 15.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 20.8% | 21.4% | 10.8% | 21.2% | 13.0% | 22.8% | 17.8% | 35.1% |
| Current ratio | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 1.01 |
| Debt to equity | 55.2% | 52.8% | 54.9% | 51.4% | 50.9% | 46.5% | 55.4% | 32.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.2bn of assets due within a year against $2.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.2bn short-term assets against $5.5bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $700m of cash against $3.7bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 32% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 94% to 32% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4.5bn of operating cash flow against $3.7bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $949m against $388m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Ovintiv's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 6 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.8% of total assets over 7 years.
- Durability 5 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 17.9%; its worst year was -44.3%.
- Cash conversion 17 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 7 years, at a median 16.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 2.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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