Exxon Mobil (XOM) Given Media Impact Rating of 0.93

Media headlines about Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 6,000 blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Exxon Mobil earned a daily sentiment score of 0.93 on their scale. InfoTrie also gave media stories about the oil and gas company an news buzz score of 8 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.

Here are some of the media headlines that may have effected Exxon Mobil’s analysis:

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Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho set a $84.00 price objective on Exxon Mobil and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday. Zacks Investment Research cut Exxon Mobil from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, January 6th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on Exxon Mobil to $100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Piper Jaffray Companies reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $81.00 price objective on shares of Exxon Mobil in a research report on Monday, November 19th. Finally, Cowen cut Exxon Mobil from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $100.00 to $75.00 in a research report on Friday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $85.12.

NYSE XOM opened at $79.01 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $334.80 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. Exxon Mobil has a 1-year low of $64.65 and a 1-year high of $87.36.

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 1st. The oil and gas company reported $1.51 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $71.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.87 billion. Exxon Mobil had a return on equity of 10.89% and a net margin of 7.18%. The company’s revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.88 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Exxon Mobil will post 4.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 11th will be paid a $0.82 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 8th. This represents a $3.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.15%. Exxon Mobil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 66.53%.

In other news, insider John R. Verity sold 15,850 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.94, for a total value of $1,219,499.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 146,350 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,260,169. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Neil A. Hansen sold 2,798 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.81, for a total value of $214,914.38. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now owns 32,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,519,368. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 33,648 shares of company stock valued at $2,527,013 over the last 90 days. 0.08% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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About Exxon Mobil

Exxon Mobil Corporation explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas in the United States, Canada/Other Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia/Oceania. It operates through Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical segments. The company is also involved in the manufacture, trade, transport, and sale of crude oil, petroleum products, and other specialty products; and manufactures and markets petrochemicals, including olefins, polyolefins, aromatics, and various other petrochemicals.

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