Exxon Mobil Co. (NYSE:XOM – Get Free Report)’s share price shot up 0.4% during mid-day trading on Monday after Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on the stock from $135.00 to $136.00. Wells Fargo & Company currently has an overweight rating on the stock. Exxon Mobil traded as high as $116.75 and last traded at $116.27. 2,322,740 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 86% from the average session volume of 16,752,924 shares. The stock had previously closed at $115.82.
A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on XOM. Evercore ISI upgraded Exxon Mobil to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 5th. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $135.00 price target on shares of Exxon Mobil in a research note on Tuesday, July 9th. UBS Group dropped their price target on Exxon Mobil from $157.00 to $149.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on Exxon Mobil from $145.00 to $142.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Finally, Redburn Atlantic reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $120.00 price objective (up from $119.00) on shares of Exxon Mobil in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $134.75.
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Exxon Mobil Stock Performance
The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $115.76 and a 200-day simple moving average of $115.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $458.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.86 and a beta of 0.90.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 2nd. The oil and gas company reported $2.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.04 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $93.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $90.09 billion. Exxon Mobil had a return on equity of 16.07% and a net margin of 9.73%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.94 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Exxon Mobil Co. will post 8.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Exxon Mobil Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 15th were issued a dividend of $0.95 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.27%. Exxon Mobil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 46.57%.
About Exxon Mobil
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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