Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM): Today's Featured Energy Loser
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) pushed the Energy industry lower today making it today's featured Energy loser. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Exxon Mobil Corporation fell 53 cents (-0.6%) to $82.08 on average volume. Throughout the day, 12.7 million shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 15.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $81.68-$82.96 after having opened the day at $82.86 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $82.61. Other company's within the Energy industry that declined today were:
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), down 14.1%,
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), down 5.3%,
Houston American Energy Corporation
(
), down 4.7%, and
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), down 4.1%.
Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, and manufacture of petroleum products, as well as transportation and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products. Exxon Mobil Corporation has a market cap of $383.21 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.9, equal to the average energy industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 2.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Exxon Mobil Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Exxon Mobil Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Exxon Mobil Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 15.2%,
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), up 8.3%,
GeoMet
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GMET
), up 6.3%, and
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), up 6.3%, were all gainers within the energy industry with
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) being today's featured energy industry winner.
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) while those bearish on the energy industry could consider
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).
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