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ExxonMobil Reports Lower Q1 2026 Earnings, Highlights Resilience

Story Highlights
  • ExxonMobil’s first-quarter 2026 earnings fell year-on-year but reached $8.8 billion after excluding timing effects and identified items.
  • Strong operations, record Guyana output and Golden Pass LNG startup underpinned cash flow, cost savings and $9.2 billion in shareholder returns.
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ExxonMobil Reports Lower Q1 2026 Earnings, Highlights Resilience

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An announcement from Exxon Mobil ( (XOM) ) is now available.

On May 1, 2026, ExxonMobil reported first-quarter 2026 earnings of $4.2 billion, or $1.00 per diluted share, down from $7.7 billion a year earlier, with earnings of $8.8 billion when excluding identified items and unfavorable estimated timing effects linked mainly to unsettled derivatives. The company highlighted strong underlying performance driven by higher prices and margins, advantaged volume growth, structural cost savings totaling $15.6 billion since 2019, record production in Guyana and first LNG at Golden Pass Train 1, while also returning $9.2 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks, maintaining low debt ratios, and positioning itself as a more resilient, lower-cost operator despite Middle East-related disruptions and associated hedge losses.

The most recent analyst rating on (XOM) stock is a Buy with a $163.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Exxon Mobil stock, see the XOM Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on XOM Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, XOM is a Outperform.

Overall score reflects strong balance-sheet quality and a positive earnings-call outlook centered on execution, advantaged-asset growth, and disciplined shareholder returns, partially offset by down-cycle financial momentum (revenue and free-cash-flow compression with higher debt) and only mixed near-term technicals. Valuation is reasonable but not compelling for the current cycle.

To see Spark’s full report on XOM stock, click here.

More about Exxon Mobil

Exxon Mobil Corporation is a global integrated oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, production, refining and marketing of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products, as well as chemicals and liquefied natural gas. Leveraging one of the industry’s largest and most diverse global portfolios, it supplies energy and related products to customers in more than 180 countries and emphasizes large-scale assets and cost-efficient operations to support shareholder returns and capital-intensive growth.

Average Trading Volume: 22,405,913

Technical Sentiment Signal: Strong Buy

Current Market Cap: $641.5B

For a thorough assessment of XOM stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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