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ExxonMobil Announces 2025 Results

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ExxonMobil Announces 2025 Results Generated industry-leading earnings of $28.8 billion and cash flow from operations of $52.0 billion1 Delivered EPS2 of $6.70, or $6.99 excluding identified items reflecting industry-leading CAGR of 21% since 20191 Highest annual Upstream production in more than 40 years and record refi…
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  • Scope 1 & 2 net zero ambition for operated assets by 2050

    80% confidence

  • 2026 share repurchase plan of $20B

    80% confidence

  • 2026 cash capital expenditures guidance of $27-29B

    80% confidence

  • Delivered 10 of 10 key projects in 2025, adding $3B in earnings on a constant price/margin basis

    80% confidence

  • Target of $20B cumulative structural cost savings by 2030

    80% confidence

  • Pioneer Permian assets to achieve net zero by 2035

    80% confidence

  • Permian heritage assets to achieve net zero by 2030

    80% confidence

  • 2025 annual production of 4.7M oil-equivalent barrels/day is the highest in 40+ years

    80% confidence

  • Achieved 21% EPS CAGR since 2019, which is industry-leading

    80% confidence

  • Debt-to-capital ratio of 14.0% is industry-leading

    80% confidence

  • 2025 refinery throughput is the highest annual global throughput on a same-site basis since the Exxon-Mobil merger

    80% confidence

  • Expected to achieve near-zero methane emissions from operated assets by the end of 2026

    80% confidence

  • Achieved corporate greenhouse gas emissions intensity reduction and flaring intensity reduction targets for 2030 in 2025

    80% confidence

  • Total shareholder returns of approximately 29% annualized over the past 5 years

    80% confidence

  • Q4 2025 North America refinery throughput is a record since the Exxon-Mobil merger

    80% confidence

  • Golden Pass LNG first cargoes expected in Q1 2026

    80% confidence

  • Dividend increased for 43 consecutive years, with Q4 dividend increased 4%

    80% confidence

  • $17.2B in dividends paid in 2025 represents the second highest among S&P 500 companies

    80% confidence

  • ROCE averaged approximately 11% since 2019, leading all IOCs

    80% confidence

  • Cumulative structural cost savings of $15.1B since 2019 exceeds all other IOCs combined

    80% confidence

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Exxon Mobil Corporation · capital expenditures29.0 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · specialty products earnings682 million USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · shareholder distributions37.2 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · share repurchases20.0 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · specialty products sales7791 thousand tonnes
Exxon Mobil Corporation · net debt to capital ratio11.0 percent
Exxon Mobil Corporation · net debt32.8 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · chemical products sales21303 thousand tonnes
Exxon Mobil Corporation · advanced recycling capacity250 million pounds per year
Exxon Mobil Corporation · chemical products earnings800 million USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · permian quarterly production1.8 million oil-equivalent barrels per day
Exxon Mobil Corporation · energy products sales5593 thousand barrels per day
Exxon Mobil Corporation · energy products earnings7.4 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · refinery throughput4060 thousand barrels per day
Exxon Mobil Corporation · earnings per share1.53 USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · annual cost savings3.0 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · permian annual production1.6 million oil-equivalent barrels per day
Exxon Mobil Corporation · earnings28.8 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · cash balance10.7 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · free cash flow26.1 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · cumulative structural cost savings15.1 billion USD
Exxon Mobil Corporation · guyana annual production700 thousand gross barrels per day
Exxon Mobil Corporation · guyana quarterly production875 thousand gross barrels per day