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Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron stocks surged to annual highs after Brent crude futures maturing in December climbed over $116 per barrel on Friday, hitting a six-month high.

Key Stats for ExxonMobil StockCurrent Price: $183. 21Street Target: ~$179NTM EV/EBITDA: ~7x__Now Live: Discover how much upside your favorite stocks could have using TIKR’s new Valuation Model (It’s free)__ >>> What Happened?ExxonMobil (XOM) closed at a record $183.

The energy sector is volatile and changing, which is why you want to stick with industry leaders like Exxon, TotalEnergies, and Enterprise.

Exxon Mobil Holdings (XOM) reached $183.21 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a +2.79% change compared to its last close.

Middle East risk is back on the front page, crude is above $111 for Brent and close to $99 for WTI, and suddenly every move in global integrated oil and gas producers feels more important than yesterday. Price shocks like this can reshuffle which stocks quietly gain leverage and which ones carry more risk. This article walks through 3 stocks exposed to this news backdrop and explains what that could mean for your portfolio decisions now. The three stocks below are just a first cut. The full...

Key TakeawaysExxonMobil stock rose 12% in the past month and Chevron rose 11% as attacks in the Middle East pushed Brent crude above $100 a barrel. The S&P 500 was flat over the same stretch.
Does Exxon Mobil Holdings (XOM) have what it takes to be a top stock pick for momentum investors? Let's find out.

ExxonMobil outpaces BP in stock gains and balance sheet strength, but BP's lower valuation makes the choice between these oil giants worth a closer look.

Which of these integrated energy giants is a better investment right now?

Barclays analyst Betty Jiang maintains ExxonMobil Holdings (NYSE:XOM) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $177 to $200.

ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has a set of advantages that most smaller oil companies can only dream of. Its business stretches across exploration, production, refining, chemicals, and specialty products. This means ExxonMobil can make money at every step of the energy chain, instead of relying only on the ups and downs of crude oil prices. […]

ExxonMobil Proponent Signing Signing ceremony with ExxonMobil team at Proponent headquarters in Brea, California. BREA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proponent is pleased to announce it is now an authorized distributor of ExxonMobil* aviation lubricants in the Americas. Proponent already works with ExxonMobil in EMEA through Avioparts, a Proponent company. This collaboration with a leading aviation lubricant manufacturer is an important step in expanding Proponent's aftermarket portf
Key Stats for ExxonMobil StockPrice change for ExxonMobil stock in the last 6 months: 22%$XOM Stock Price as of Oct. 16: $17952-Week High: $179$XOM Stock Price Target: $175What Happened?ExxonMobil (XOM:NYSE) gave investors an early look at its Q3 on Friday.

The fair value price target for ExxonMobil Holdings has shifted from US$170.91 to US$175.41, giving investors an updated anchor point for thinking about upside and downside. Street commentary links these adjustments to recent earnings implications, changing commodity assumptions, and how ExxonMobil is choosing to deploy cash rather than to any single near term catalyst. Read on to see how these moving targets shape the current analyst narrative and how you can track the story from here. Stay...
Key Stats for ExxonMobil StockCurrent Price: $178. 98Target Price (Mid): ~$163Street Target: ~$175Potential Total Return: ~-9%Annualized IRR: ~-2% / yearWhat Happened?ExxonMobil (XOM) closed at $178.

ExxonMobil (XOM:NYSE) told investors on Friday, October 16, that higher refining margins could add $4. 5 billion to third-quarter profit in its Energy Products business compared with the second quarter, according to a regulatory filing.

Exxon is benefiting from having an integrated business.

Margin improvement is expected to come mainly from a $4.5 billion rise in the refining and fuels business, the company said in a filing.

ExxonMobil stock rises after the energy giant says higher refining margins added $4.5 billion to its third-quarter earnings even as changes in oil prices take a toll on its upstream segment.

ExxonMobil stock rises after the energy giant says higher refining margins added $4.5 billion to its third-quarter earnings even as changes in oil prices take a toll on its upstream segment.

ExxonMobil expects higher refining margins to boost third-quarter Energy Products earnings by $4.5 billion compared with the second quarter of 2026.

ExxonMobil Holdings is leaning into high return projects in Guyana and the Permian Basin, where recent production milestones and capital recovery have moved key developments into a free cash flow phase. The decision to keep associated Guyanese gas for domestic use rather than LNG exports reshapes the economics of that asset and highlights how host country energy policy can directly influence ExxonMobil’s long term project mix. We will look at how ExxonMobil's investment narrative is shaped...
Exxon Mobil Holdings (XOM) closed the most recent trading day at $177.01, moving +1.68% from the previous trading session.

ExxonMobil Holdings has delivered a powerful run in recent years, and that puts fresh attention on a simple issue for anyone looking at the stock today: how much of the current share price is really supported by the cash the business can generate over time. Over the past 5 years the stock has returned 226.7%. This raises the question of how much of that move reflects durable cash flow strength versus changing sentiment toward big oil. New headlines around large scale projects, regulatory...
ExxonMobil's 8.9% net margin outpaces Chevron's 6.7%, but Chevron's Guyana expansion could reshape the competitive landscape.

ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM) increased chemical earnings from $110 million in the first quarter to $1.13 billion in the second, even as sales volumes fell. Stronger North American feedstock economics helped, but industry chemical margins remained below the company’s historical benchmark. The investment question is whether integration can protect returns when that regional advantage narrows. […]
ExxonMobil (XOM) stock returned 50.7% in the twelve months to October 2, 2026, against 16.4% for the S&P 500. The latest results in that period were shaped by a Middle East conflict that took fuel supply off the market, and by how much oil ExxonMobil was producing. Nobody could have known in advance when that conflict would come. So was any part of the run visible at ExxonMobil before the stock moved.

DALLAS, October 05, 2026--Empower, a vertically integrated producer of American-made lithium, today announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with Andrew Sinclair joining as chief public and government affairs officer. Sinclair will be based at Empower’s new Washington, D.C. office. The Dallas-based company will also have a presence in Austin under Sinclair’s leadership.
Key Stats for ExxonMobil StockCurrent Price: $163. 82Target Price (Mid): ~$161Street Target: ~$173Potential Total Return: ~-2%Annualized IRR: ~-0.

This oil supermajor has a long history of rewarding shareholders.

Oil is highly volatile, with focused pure-play drillers likely to benefit most from high oil prices.

XOM's low-cost Guyana and Permian assets, production growth and cost cuts support long-term earnings and cash flows.

Oil is moving freely again through the Strait of Hormuz, but refined fuel is still locked up, and that mismatch is reshaping who feels the pain and who holds the pricing power. Investors watching diesel hit new records in the U.S. are really watching a story about margins, policy risk and supply chains. This article examines those cross currents and discusses three large integrated oil and gas stocks exposed to this news backdrop. The stocks below are just a starting sample, and the full...

CVX and XOM deepen Vietnam energy ties as new agreements could expand crude, LNG and LPG opportunities.
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) has ridden a mix of rising oil prices and geopolitical risk, with fresh crude supply agreements in Vietnam and new carbon capture projects in Texas increasing investor focus on its earnings power and resilience. Recent crude supply agreements in Vietnam and new carbon capture work in Texas sit against a powerful run in ExxonMobil Holdings, with the share price up 18.4% over 90 days and a year to date share price return of 31.6% from about US$161. The 1 year total...

Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), ExxonMobil (XOM) and China National Petroleum face a $5.2 billion
You hold ExxonMobil (XOM) alongside index funds, and in the last five sessions, the stock rose 2.7% as the S&P 500 fell 1.0%. You already own the market's risk through those funds, so a large ExxonMobil position is either more of it or an offset. Is ExxonMobil stock increasing your market risk.

ExxonMobil Holdings (NYSE:XOM) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 8.93% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.19%. Currently, ExxonMobil Holdings has a market capitalization









