Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) Has Gained 1.19% YTD: Is There Trouble Ahead?

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During the recent session, Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM)’s traded shares were 2.0 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.88. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $108.86, reflecting an intraday loss of -1.18% or -$1.29. The 52-week high for the XOM share is $126.34, that puts it down -16.06 from that peak though still a striking 10.21% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $97.74. The company’s market capitalization is $478.43B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 15.95 million shares, and the average trade volume was 15.41 million shares over the past three months.

Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.03. XOM has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 26 analysts who have looked at this stock. 8 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 18 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 1.79.

Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) trade information

Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) registered a -1.18% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -1.18% in intraday trading to $108.86, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -2.21%, and it has moved by 2.82% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 11.18%. The short interest in Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) is 40.22 million shares and it means that shorts have 2.38 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $124, which implies an increase of 12.21% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $117 and $145 respectively. As a result, XOM is trading at a discount of -33.2% off the target high and -7.48% off the low.

Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Exxon Mobil Corp has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) shares have gone down -5.35% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at -18.70% against -6.00. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 2.65% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 87.23B as predicted by 8 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 7 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 83.38B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 84.34B and 83.08B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 3.42% and then jump by 0.36% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 12.74%. While earnings are projected to return -18.28% in 2025, the next five years will return 4.00% per annum.

XOM Dividends

Exxon Mobil Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings in February. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Exxon Mobil Corp is 3.84, with the dividend yield indicating at 3.53 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 4.98%.

Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM)’s Major holders

Exxon Mobil Corp insiders own 0.06% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 65.61%, with the float percentage being 65.65%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 4661.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 433.05 million shares (or 10.8316% of all shares), a total value of $49.85 billion in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 303.41 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 7.5889% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $34.93 billion.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 140.85 shares. This amounts to just over 3.20 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $15.32 billion market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 116.37, or about 2.65% of the stock, which is worth about $12.66 billion.