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Oil Stocks To Follow Today - August 20th

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Key Points

  • Today, three oil stocks to watch are Exxon Mobil, Caterpillar, and ServiceNow, which experienced the highest trading volume among oil stocks recently.
  • Exxon Mobil is focused on the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, with various operational segments including Upstream and Chemical Products.
  • Caterpillar manufactures construction and mining equipment, highlighting its diverse product offering in the industrial sector, while ServiceNow provides automation platforms aimed at digital transformation in businesses globally.
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Exxon Mobil, Caterpillar, and ServiceNow are the three Oil stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Oil stocks are shares of companies engaged in the exploration, extraction, refining and marketing of crude oil. By buying oil stocks, investors gain exposure to the industry’s revenues and risks, which often move in tandem with global supply‐and‐demand dynamics and crude‐oil price fluctuations. These equities can be volatile, reflecting geopolitical events, regulatory changes and shifts in energy policy. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Oil stocks within the last several days.

Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

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Caterpillar (CAT)

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, track-type tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools.

Read Our Latest Research Report on CAT

ServiceNow (NOW)

ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools.

Read Our Latest Research Report on NOW

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