BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Sells 110,722 Shares of Exxon Mobil Co. (NYSE:XOM)

BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp decreased its position in shares of Exxon Mobil Co. (NYSE:XOMFree Report) by 12.9% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 748,504 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 110,722 shares during the quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp’s holdings in Exxon Mobil were worth $87,740,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of XOM. Fairway Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Exxon Mobil during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $35,000. Anfield Capital Management LLC grew its position in Exxon Mobil by 360.0% during the second quarter. Anfield Capital Management LLC now owns 322 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 252 shares in the last quarter. Fairscale Capital LLC bought a new position in Exxon Mobil during the 2nd quarter worth $39,000. POM Investment Strategies LLC raised its holdings in Exxon Mobil by 918.9% in the 2nd quarter. POM Investment Strategies LLC now owns 377 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 340 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hershey Financial Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Exxon Mobil during the 2nd quarter valued at $46,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.80% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on XOM shares. Wolfe Research lifted their price target on Exxon Mobil from $137.00 to $138.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Mizuho boosted their target price on Exxon Mobil from $128.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, September 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Exxon Mobil from $118.00 to $120.00 in a report on Thursday, October 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Exxon Mobil from $127.00 to $128.00 in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Exxon Mobil from $127.00 to $132.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Exxon Mobil currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $129.95.

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Exxon Mobil Stock Performance

Exxon Mobil stock opened at $117.96 on Friday. Exxon Mobil Co. has a 1-year low of $95.77 and a 1-year high of $126.34. The firm has a market cap of $518.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.69, a P/E/G ratio of 4.94 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $119.76 and a 200-day moving average of $116.57.

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOMGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 1st. The oil and gas company reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $90.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $93.98 billion. Exxon Mobil had a return on equity of 14.73% and a net margin of 9.61%. The business’s revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.27 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Exxon Mobil Co. will post 7.94 EPS for the current year.

Exxon Mobil Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.99 per share. This is a positive change from Exxon Mobil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $3.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.36%. Exxon Mobil’s payout ratio is presently 49.32%.

Exxon Mobil Profile

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Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

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