Exxon Mobil - XOM Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exxon Mobil in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" XOM shares.
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20 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Exxon Mobil's shares. Their XOM share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $125.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $96.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price.
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Exxon Mobil's stock was trading at $61.19 at the beginning of the year. Since then, XOM shares have increased by 40.1% and is now trading at $85.75.
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Exxon Mobil saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 40,030,000 shares, an increase of 24.2% from the August 15th total of 32,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 22,740,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 4th 2022.
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Exxon Mobil Co. (NYSE:XOM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 29th. The oil and gas company reported $4.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.80 by $0.34. The oil and gas company earned $115.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $111.67 billion. Exxon Mobil had a net margin of 10.67% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.82%. The firm's revenue was up 70.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.10 earnings per share.
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Exxon Mobil declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.88 per share on Friday, September 9th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 11th.
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Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.10%. XOM has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 39 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, XOM will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.88% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Exxon Mobil announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, February 1st 2022, which allows the company to repurchase $10,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 2.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

436 employees have rated Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods on Glassdoor.com. Darren Woods has an approval rating of 26% among the company's employees. This puts Darren Woods in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 43.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Exxon Mobil to a friend.

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Exxon Mobil trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "XOM."

Exxon Mobil's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.63%), FMR LLC (3.24%), Northern Trust Corp (1.14%), GQG Partners LLC (1.14%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.60%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Darren W Woods, Darrin L Talley, David S Rosenthal, James M Spellings Jr, Jeffrey W Ubben, Leonard M Fox, Liam M Mallon, Linda D Ducharme, Michael J Angelakis, Neil W Duffin, Stephen A Littleton and William C Weldon.
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Shares of XOM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of XOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.75.

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) has a market capitalization of $357.38 billion and generates $285.64 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $23.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.14 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 63,000 workers across the globe.

Exxon Mobil's mailing address is 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX, 75039. The official website for the company is corporate.exxonmobil.com. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at (972) 940-6000 or via fax at 972-444-1433.