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Given the current economic climate, Chevron announced that disciplined capital spending and tight control over costs would be extremely important to its financial success in the future. Although the company currently shows low profit margins and a weak quick ratio of 0.91 could cause future short-term cash flow problems, we feel that the strengths detailed above outweigh any potential weakness at this time.

Exxon Mobil(XOM Quote) is a publicly traded international oil and gas company. Our buy rating for Exxon Mobil has not changed since January 2004. The company's strong revenue and net income growth, along with a largely solid financial position, have contributed to this rating.

Although results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were impacted by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the Gulf of Mexico, the company's revenues rose 34.7% year over year in the third quarter of fiscal 2008. Net income rose to a record $14.8 billion, an increase of 57.6% when compared with the same quarter last year. Exxon Mobil also reported significant EPS improvement, continuing a trend of positive EPS growth over the past two years with an increase from $1.70 per share in the third quarter of fiscal 2007 to $2.86 per share in the most recent quarter. One clear sign of strength for this company is the fact that its current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior, rising from 33.1% to 39.2%. In addition, the company has a very low debt to equity ratio of 0.08, implying that Exxon Mobil has successfully managed its debt levels. An adequate quick ratio of 1.09 illustrates the company's ability to avoid short-term cash problems.