ExxonMobil Corp

NYSE: XOM
$59.13
-$0.73 (-1.2%)
Closing price February 21, 2020

The 5 Highest-Yielding Dividend Aristocrat Stocks Have Solid Total Return Potential

Posted: February 19, 2020 at 7:10 am

The higher the market goes, the harder it becomes. The quest to find new or better equity investment ideas in a market where all-time highs are being pounded out routinely ...
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5 Blue Chip Stocks in Wall Street’s Penalty Box Have Massive Upside Potential

Posted: February 14, 2020 at 7:30 am

In an overbought and frothy stock market, sometimes the hardest thing for dedicated stock investors to do is to head to the sideline, and with good reason. While the longest ...
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BP Promises Net Zero Emissions by 2050 or Sooner

Posted: February 12, 2020 at 11:45 am

The parade of the world's largest oil companies announcing plans for reducing carbon emissions added BP PLC (NYSE: BP) to the roster Wednesday morning. The U.K.-based supermajor said, among other ...
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Short Sellers Mixed on Oil Stocks, but One Big Winner and One Big Loser Stand Out

Posted: February 12, 2020 at 8:00 am

Crude oil traded around $50.70 a barrel early Wednesday, down by about $2.80 in the past week and about $0.60 short of a 52-week low posted earlier this week. Over ...
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The 5 Most Shorted Dow Stocks

Posted: February 12, 2020 at 6:55 am

It takes a certain kind of courage to short sell blue chips, such as the Dow Jones industrial average components. Short sellers are betting on these companies to fail, or ...
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Oil Major Equinor to Slash Carbon Emissions 50% by 2050

Posted: February 6, 2020 at 1:50 pm

Norway's state-controlled oil company, Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR), formerly known as Statoil, announced Thursday that it is committed to slashing its carbon intensity by 50% by 2050. Over the next ...
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Merrill Lynch Very Cautious on Oil Stocks: 5 Defensive Picks to Buy Now

Posted: February 5, 2020 at 7:15 am

When 2020 started, things were looking pretty solid for oil and the energy sector. Then to make things even spicier, a little geopolitical volatility was tossed into the mix when ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Aimmune, Amgen, Biogen, Chevron, CRISPR, Exxon, Nike, Snap, Uber, Ulta, Verizon and More

Posted: February 3, 2020 at 9:10 am
Last updated: February 4, 2020 8:17 am

Friday's 600-point sell-off in the Dow Jones industrials actually knocked out the 2020 gains, but just two weeks ago the market was at all-time highs. China's stock market is back ...
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Asset Sale Props Up Exxon Stock as Pricing Hammers Profits

Posted: January 31, 2020 at 8:45 am

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) reported estimated fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 results before markets opened Friday. For the quarter, the integrated oil and gas giant posted quarterly diluted earnings per ...
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With Chevron and Exxon Earnings on Deck, Dividend Sustainability Up for Debate

Posted: January 30, 2020 at 12:20 pm

With peak earnings season here, nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones industrials were reporting results in the week of January 31. Technology has ruled the roost of the nation's ...
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4 Big Dividend Oil Stocks to Buy Now With Crude Down Almost 20% in January

Posted: January 29, 2020 at 7:20 am
Last updated: January 30, 2020 10:32 am

After a nice run, which was punctuated during the confrontations with Iran early this month, the benchmark price of oil, which reached almost $65 a barrel for West Texas Intermediate, ...
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Short Sellers Raise Bets on Falling Oil Stock Prices

Posted: January 28, 2020 at 7:50 am
Last updated: January 30, 2020 10:38 am

Crude oil traded around $53.14 a barrel early Monday, down about $5 in the past week and about $3 short of a 52-week low posted last June. Over the past ...
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The 5 Most Shorted Dow Stocks

Posted: January 28, 2020 at 7:05 am
Last updated: January 30, 2020 10:39 am

It takes a certain kind of courage to short sell blue chips, such as the Dow Jones industrial average components. Short sellers are betting on these companies to fail, or ...
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Half the Dow Reports This Week: Apple, Exxon, Pfizer and More

Posted: January 26, 2020 at 7:05 am
Last updated: January 30, 2020 10:44 am

Nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones industrial average components are scheduled to post their latest quarterly reports this week — 14 in total. The Dow is just off its ...
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Oil Majors Slammed as Crude Enters Fifth Straight Day of Selling

Posted: January 24, 2020 at 11:10 am
Last updated: January 30, 2020 10:45 am

It turns out that those temporary inflation fears that pop up from time to time get a reprieve every time the price of oil tanks. The price of crude oil ...
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