Wall Street is neutral on Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM). On average, analysts give XOM a Sell rating. The average price target is $51.428, which means analysts expect the stock to climb by 17.36% over the next twelve months.
That average ranking earns XOM an Analyst Rating of 5, which is better than 5% of stocks based on data compiled by InvestorsObserver.
Why are Analyst Ratings Important?
Analysts know the inner workings of the companies they follow better than anyone but the companies’ management. You can learn a lot about a company from studying the financial statements, but analysts ask questions on conference calls and understand the intricacies of each of the businesses they cover. Analysts understand how bad weather in one part of the world can disrupt supply chains, or disrupt shopping patterns. This lets traders make decisions before a quarterly report that could be worse than expected.
InvestorsObserver aggregates the ratings of all the analysts covering a given stock, takes the average of those ratings and then percentile ranks the averages. That provides a level of granularity that is significantly better than just the three levels provided by traditional buy/hold/sell ratings.
What's Happening With Exxon Mobil Corporation Stock Today?
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) stock is trading at $43.82 as of 3:33 PM on Monday, Jul 27, a rise of $0.39, or 0.9% from the previous closing price of $43.43. The stock has traded between $42.97 and $44.02 so far today. Volume today is less active than usual. So far 10,938,991 shares have traded compared to average volume of 22,073,752 shares.
