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The company has the total of 1.48 billion outstanding shares right now while its market capitalization is about $92.06 billion.
Oil prices have fallen from over $100 per barrel in June 2014 to under $50 this month, and prices for natural gas have also dropped sharply. Exxon noted that margin growth contributed $1.4 billion to its downstream earnings.
Exxon oil and gas production increased by 2.3 per cent, despite the sharp fall in oil and gas prices over the previous year.
The world’s largest publicly traded oil company posted third-quarter earnings of $1.01 per share, down from $1.89 a share in the year-earlier period. The entire decline was attributed to lower realized prices for liquids and natural gas.
In the downstream division, profits totaled $2.03 billion, up from $1.02 billion, year over year.
CVS broadened its niche pharmacy business that offers medicines for costly chronic conditions, using its $10.1 billion purchase of Omnicare in August. Lower volumes, currency exchange issues, and maintenance decreased earnings by about $390 million.
It swung from $4.5 billion in profit past year to a $7.4 billion loss in the quarter.
Chevron announced that it may need to cut another 6,000 to 7,000 jobs as the company further pares capital spending. At Kearl in July and August output reached as much as 200,000 barrels a day, or 91 percent of capacity, before being reduced in September for maintenance, said Greg Pardy, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, in an October 23 note. The stock’s dividend yield is 3.6%.
But with higher refining and chemicals profits, earnings in the quarter “underscore the benefits of our integrated business model”.
“We maintain a relentless focus on business fundamentals, including cost management, regardless of commodity prices”, Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson said in a written statement.
It also sold off $491 million in assets to improve its bottom line. In the third quarter of 2014, cash flow from operations and asset sales totaled $12.5 billion.
The company did not provide guidance in its press release, but analysts expect fourth-quarter EPS of $0.74 on revenues of $65.39 billion, compared with EPS of $1.32 and revenues of $87.28 billion in the third quarter of 2014.
Stock analysts say the shortfalls will surface in earnings reports this week.
Historically, Exxon Mobil Corporation has been trading with a 52 week low of 66.55 and a 52 week of high 97.20.
