How Much Money Did Exxon-Mobil (XOM) make in 2021?
Impressively, Exxon-Mobil (XOM) shows impressive revenue growth. For example, Stockrow estimates Exxon-Mobil’s revenues grew by 82.56% in the quarter ending on 31 December 2021.
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Impressively, Exxon-Mobil (XOM) shows impressive revenue growth. For example, Stockrow estimates Exxon-Mobil’s revenues grew by 82.56% in the quarter ending on 31 December 2021.
Read MoreThe Exxon-Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) makes money from oil, financial numbers show. For example, Exxon-Mobil reported quarterly revenues of $67.742 billion and a quarterly gross profit of $6.307 billion on 30 June 2021.
Read MoreA related problem is that oil is a sideline for both the United States and China. Thus, political leaders in those countries have no incentive to raise or lower oil prices.
Read MoreMoney rather than moral outrage is the probable motivation for the lawsuits. Exxon-Mobil’s (XOM) financial numbers indicate the company is generating a lot of money.
For example, Exxon-Mobil reports a free cash flow of $2.853 billion; and an operating cash flow of $7.78 billion, for 2nd Quarter 2018. Moreover, Exxon-Mobil earned a $23.799 billion gross profit on $73.501 billion in revenues during the 2nd Quarter.
Exxon-Mobile received a $3.95 billion net income and a $6.659 billion in operating income in 2nd Quarter 2018. However, Exxon-Mobile had only $3.43 billion in cash and short-term investments on June 30, 2018.
Therefore, Exxon-Mobil is not making that much money for a company that generated $244.363 billion in revenue in 2017. Exxon-Mobil generates a lot of revenues but it does not keep that much money in the bank.
Another problem is that Exxon-Mobil’s high revenue growth (26.56% in 2nd Quarter 2018) is not translating into cash. The return on Exxon-Mobil’s revenues is low.
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