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Exxon Mobil (Exxon Mobil) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 12.94% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Exxon Mobil's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $414,791 Mil. Exxon Mobil's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $53,632 Mil. Exxon Mobil's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.94%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Exxon Mobil's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

XOM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.25   Med: 7.69   Max: 19.88
Current: 11.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Exxon Mobil was 19.88%. The lowest was -11.25%. And the median was 7.69%.

XOM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
66.15% of 1093 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.46 vs XOM: 11.19

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Exxon Mobil's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 26.06%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Exxon Mobil Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Exxon Mobil's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Exxon Mobil Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.03 -11.33 10.47 16.75 12.94

Exxon Mobil Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.75 18.87 16.37 12.82 12.94

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, Exxon Mobil's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Exxon Mobil Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Exxon Mobil's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Exxon Mobil's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Exxon Mobil Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Exxon Mobils Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=53632/414790.58
=12.93 %

Exxon Mobil's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $53,632 Mil.



Exxon Mobil  (NYSE:XOM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Exxon Mobil (Exxon Mobil) Business Description

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Address
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, TX, USA, 75039-2298
ExxonMobil is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. In 2022, it produced 2.4 million barrels of liquids and 8.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. At the end of 2022, reserves were 17.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 65% of which were liquids. The company is the world's largest refiner with a total global refining capacity of 4.6 million barrels of oil per day and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of commodity and specialty chemicals.
Executives
Jeffrey W Ubben director 1170 GORGAS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Darrin L Talley officer: Vice President 22777 SPRINGWOODS VILLAGE PKWY, C/O EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, SPRING TX 77389
John D Harris director C/O FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL USA, INC., 6201 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Lawrence W Kellner director 1600 SMITH ST., HQSEO, HOUSTON TX 77002
Leonard M. Fox officer: Vice President and Controller 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, C/O EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, IRVING TX 75039-2298
James R. Chapman officer: VP, Tax and Treasurer 120 TREDEGAR STREET, RICHMOND VA 23219
Stephen A Littleton officer: Vice President and Secretary 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX 75039-2298
Wojnar Theodore J Jr officer: Executive Officer 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX 75039-2298
Spellings James M Jr officer: Vice Pres. & Gen. Tax Counsel C/O EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX 75039-2298
Linda D Ducharme officer: Executive Officer 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX 75039-2298
Darren W Woods officer: Vice President C/O EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX 75039-2298
Michael J Angelakis director 40 MORRIS AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Kathryn A Mikells officer: Senior Vice President 77 W. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Alexander Karsner director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Kaisa Hietala director 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, C/O EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, 5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD TX 75039-2298

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