Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) : Investors Should Not Dump XOM Stock In 2025

In the latest trading session, 2.8 million Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.60. With the company’s most recent per share price at $114.67 changing hands around $1.03 or 0.90% at last look, the market valuation stands at $497.55B. XOM’s current price is a discount, trading about -10.18% off its 52-week high of $126.34. The share price had its 52-week low at $103.67, which suggests the last value was 9.59% up since then. When we look at Exxon Mobil Corp’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 18.79 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 15.84 million.

Analysts gave the Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.97. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 26 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 8 recommended XOM as a Hold, 18 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Exxon Mobil Corp’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 1.71.

Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) trade information

Instantly XOM is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 5.07%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 6.60%, with the 5-day performance at 5.07% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) is 4.11% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 47.11 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 3.21 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 130.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 12.13% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, XOM’s forecast low is 117 with 145 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -26.45% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -2.03% for it to hit the projected low.

Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) estimates and forecasts

Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -2.64% down from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 8 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 85.93B. 8 analysts are of the opinion that Exxon Mobil Corp’s revenue for the current quarter will be 84.45B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 83.08B and 93.06B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 3.42%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -9.26%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 18.47%. The 2025 estimates are for Exxon Mobil Corp earnings to decrease by -4.06%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 9.65% per year.

XOM Dividends

Exxon Mobil Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Jan-30. The 3.38% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 3.88. It is important to note, however, that the 3.38% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 4.89 per year.

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

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.07% of Exxon Mobil Corp shares while 66.18% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 66.22%. There are 66.18% institutions holding the Exxon Mobil Corp stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 10.8316% of the shares, roughly 433.05 million XOM shares worth $49.85 billion.

BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.5889% or 303.41 million shares worth $34.93 billion as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 137.68 shares estimated at $15.8 billion under it, the former controlled 3.17% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.74% of the shares, roughly 118.97 shares worth around $13.65 billion.