Q1 EPS Estimates for Exxon Mobil Lowered by Zacks Research

Exxon Mobil Co. (NYSE:XOM) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Exxon Mobil in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the oil and gas company will post earnings per share of $1.81 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.82. The consensus estimate for Exxon Mobil’s current full-year earnings is $7.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Exxon Mobil’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.92 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.04 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.74 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.52 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.45 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.44 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.42 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.77 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. TD Cowen lowered their target price on Exxon Mobil from $132.00 to $128.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 16th. Barclays dropped their price objective on Exxon Mobil from $142.00 to $137.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 3rd. Mizuho reduced their target price on shares of Exxon Mobil from $137.00 to $134.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 16th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Exxon Mobil from $142.00 to $140.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Wolfe Research raised their target price on shares of Exxon Mobil from $137.00 to $138.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Exxon Mobil has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $128.84.

Exxon Mobil Trading Down 2.0 %

Shares of XOM opened at $107.99 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.01. Exxon Mobil has a 1-year low of $100.42 and a 1-year high of $126.34. The stock has a market cap of $474.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.91. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $111.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $115.41.

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 1st. The oil and gas company reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.01. Exxon Mobil had a net margin of 9.61% and a return on equity of 14.73%. The firm had revenue of $90.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $93.98 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.27 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .8% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exxon Mobil

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in XOM. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Exxon Mobil by 7,761.0% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 6,893,677 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $808,077,000 after purchasing an additional 6,805,982 shares in the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Exxon Mobil by 1,524.1% during the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 5,445,922 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $585,818,000 after acquiring an additional 5,110,603 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in Exxon Mobil by 16.3% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 31,522,556 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $3,936,929,000 after acquiring an additional 4,415,012 shares in the last quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Exxon Mobil by 117.5% during the second quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 7,668,483 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $882,795,000 after purchasing an additional 4,142,171 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in shares of Exxon Mobil by 168.5% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 4,530,457 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $531,060,000 after purchasing an additional 2,842,844 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.80% of the company’s stock.

Exxon Mobil Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 14th were paid a dividend of $0.99 per share. This is an increase from Exxon Mobil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. This represents a $3.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.67%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 14th. Exxon Mobil’s payout ratio is currently 49.32%.

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.