Exxon Mobil
EnergyOil and gas, from wells to gas stations
$116.50 -0.80% today · Market cap $460B
Step 1 · The business
What does it do?
Exxon finds and produces oil and natural gas, refines it into fuel, and makes chemicals. Its profits rise and fall with energy prices.
How it makes money
Share of yearly revenue
Step 2 · The case for
Why might investors care?
What people like about it, then how the business is doing — each number in plain words.
- Pays a large, long-standing dividend
How it's doing
Revenue growth
Sales shrank 5% over the past year.
Large companies often grow 3–10% a year.
Profit margin
It keeps about $10 of profit from every $100 of sales.
Varies by industry: retailers ~3%, software 30%+.
Price / earnings (P/E)
Investors pay $13 for each $1 of yearly profit.
The S&P 500 average is around 20–25×.
Dividend yield
Pays about $3.30 a year for every $100 of stock.
Steady, mature companies often pay 2–4%.
Step 3 · The case against
What could go wrong?
The risks people point to, and how bumpy owning it can be.
- Depends on oil prices
- Long-term shift toward cleaner energy
Typical yearly swing
In a typical year the price might end ~26% above or below where it started.
The S&P 500 swings about 17% a year.
If the market fell 15%
A broad 15% fall would move XOM about 15% in MAVEST's scenario model.
A learning scenario, not a forecast.
Debt level
Little debt, so less pressure when times are tough.
Step 4 · Your turn
Before you decide
Questions worth answering for yourself — there are no right answers.
- 155% of sales come from oil & gas production. What happens if that slows down?
- 2If you already own Energy companies, does this add something new — or more of the same?
In your portfolio
You haven't built a practice portfolio yet. Thinking this through starts one, or open Portfolio Lab.
Starts the Decision Coach · practice money · you choose the amount
Price history
Simulated history on mock data. A price move alone isn't a reason to decide.
$116.50-0.80% today
+18.74% over 1Y · Market cap $460B
What others are thinking
Reasoning shared by other learners — not tips.
No one has shared research on XOM yet. Yours could be the first.