ExxonMobil (XOM) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover ExxonMobil?

ExxonMobil has been rated by research analysts at Argus , Bank of America , Barclays , BMO Capital Markets , BNP Paribas Exane , DZ Bank , Freedom Capital , HSBC , Jefferies Financial Group , JPMorgan Chase & Co. , Morgan Stanley , Piper Sandler , Royal Bank Of Canada , TD Cowen , The Goldman Sachs Group , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

$174.70 -2.31 (-1.30%)

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ExxonMobil - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Hold

Based on 25 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
14

Buy
11

Based on 25 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for ExxonMobil in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 25 analysts, 14 have given a hold rating, and 11 have given a buy rating for XOM.

Consensus Price Target

$165.13
-5.48% Downside

According to the 25 analysts' twelve-month price targets for ExxonMobil, the average price target is $165.13. The highest price target for XOM is $200.00, while the lowest price target for XOM is $90.00. The average price target represents a forecasted downside of -5.48% from the current price of $174.70.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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XOM Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/15/25 to 10/15/26	1 Month Ago 9/15/25 to 9/15/26	3 Months Ago 7/17/25 to 7/17/26	1 Year Ago 10/15/24 to 10/15/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	11 Buy rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)
Hold	14 Hold rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$165.13	$167.23	$162.43	$126.89
Forecasted Upside	-5.48% Downside	-1.21% Downside	10.08% Upside	13.54% Upside
Consensus Rating	Hold	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

XOM Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

XOM Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

ExxonMobil Stock vs. The Competition

Type	ExxonMobil	Energy Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.44	2.44	2.53
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	-5.71% Downside	48.92% Upside	18.30% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent XOM News	Positive News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/15/2026	Morgan Stanley 3 of 5 stars	Devin McDermott 4 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Overweight	$177.00 ➝ $185.00	+5.90%
10/1/2026	Wells Fargo & Company 3 of 5 stars	Sam Margolin Not Rated	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$182.00	+11.42%
9/29/2026	Weiss Ratings 3 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
9/28/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Jason Gabelman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$168.00 ➝ $180.00	+10.44%
9/25/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Manav Gupta Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$172.00	+6.15%
9/25/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Hold	$90.00	-44.46%
9/22/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Neutral	$168.00 ➝ $169.00	+4.30%
9/21/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Biraj Borkhataria Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$160.00 ➝ $180.00	+10.35%
9/3/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	John Royall Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Neutral	$158.00 ➝ $185.00	+12.63%
8/17/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Betty Jiang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$182.00 ➝ $177.00	+10.57%
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8/17/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lloyd Byrne Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$184.00 ➝ $200.00	+23.43%
8/12/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Market Perform	$160.00 ➝ $170.00	+4.91%
8/11/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$169.00 ➝ $175.00	+8.00%
8/4/2026	Freedom Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
8/4/2026	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$156.00	+0.52%
8/3/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Arun Jayaram Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$158.00 ➝ $166.00	+2.45%
7/28/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Jean Ann Salisbury Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$154.00 ➝ $158.00	+2.26%
7/17/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lucas Herrmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Neutral	$165.00 ➝ $155.00	-4.34%
7/9/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Nitin Kumar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Neutral	$175.00 ➝ $170.00	+22.09%
7/8/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Alastair Syme Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$150.00 ➝ $175.00	+23.95%
5/26/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
5/20/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Bob Brackett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Outperform	$195.00 ➝ $182.00	+12.32%
4/22/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Betty Zhang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Sector Outperform	$128.00 ➝ $163.00	+9.78%
4/21/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Doug Leggate Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform
3/24/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Outperform	$145.00 ➝ $185.00	+14.17%
2/3/2026	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Sergey Pigarev Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$123.00	-14.56%
8/20/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Hold	$111.00	+3.43%
1/31/2025	Bernstein Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Overweight	$138.00 ➝ $144.00	+32.83%
1/13/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Neal Dingmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Hold	$117.00 ➝ $119.00	+9.90%

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Should I Buy ExxonMobil Stock? XOM Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these ExxonMobil pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

ExxonMobil
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Exxon Mobil:

Exxon Mobil shares recently surged 1.8% to trade at $177.19, hitting a new 52-week high of $177.43, which signals strong recent momentum and investor confidence in the company's performance.
The company demonstrated robust operational efficiency with an 8.9% net margin, which significantly outperforms its main competitor Chevron at 6.7%, indicating a superior ability to convert revenue into profit.
Exxon Mobil's chemicals business experienced a sharp recovery, with earnings jumping from $110 million in the first quarter to $1.13 billion in the second quarter, driven by stronger North American feedstock economics.
Analysts at Erste Group Bank raised their full-year 2026 earnings per share estimate to $12.56, which is above the current consensus estimate of $12.40, suggesting that the market may be underestimating the company's near-term profitability.
The company maintains a resilient dividend profile with a yield of 2.39% and a payout ratio of 53.02%, providing a steady income stream that is supported by its diversified integrated business model.

ExxonMobil
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Exxon Mobil for these reasons:

At a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.80, Exxon Mobil trades at a premium valuation near the broader market average, which may limit upside potential if earnings do not continue to grow at the current pace.
There is uncertainty surrounding the Guyana project, as reports suggest the country may scale back its liquefied natural gas plans while Exxon Mobil requires more gas for its wells, creating potential execution and scope risks.
Despite a strong second quarter, some analysts expect earnings to decline in the coming periods, raising concerns that the current stock price may already be pricing in much of the recent positive performance.
Management's strategic focus appears to be shifting away from the assets emphasized after the Pioneer Natural Resources acquisition, which may create confusion among investors regarding the company's future growth priorities and asset mix.
Industry chemical margins remain below the company's historical benchmarks, suggesting that while the recent recovery is positive, the long-term cost advantage in the chemicals sector may be narrowing.

XOM Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 25 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for ExxonMobil is $165.13, with a high forecast of $200.00 and a low forecast of $90.00.

25 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ExxonMobil in the last twelve months. There are currently 14 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" XOM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in XOM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.

According to analysts, ExxonMobil's stock has a predicted downside of -5.48% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, ExxonMobil's stock had 3 upgrades and 3 downgrades by analysts.

ExxonMobil has been rated by research analysts at Argus, Bank of America, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Exane, DZ Bank, Freedom Capital, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Royal Bank Of Canada, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like ExxonMobil less than other "energy" companies. The consensus rating score for ExxonMobil is 2.44 while the average consensus rating score for "energy" companies is 2.44. Learn more on how XOM compares to other companies.

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