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MetricXOMExxonMobil Holdings CorpCVXCHEVRON CORPOXYOCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/UNTCUnit CorpMedian of the restexcluding XOM
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$178.09▲ 0.23 (0.13%)
$226.68▼ 0.10 (0.04%)
$62.50▼ 0.20 (0.32%)
$31.75▼ 0.02 (0.06%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/107.0/107.3/108.7/107.3/10
Market value$744.24B$399.09B$61.63B$314.2M
Revenue$323.90B$184.43B$21.57B$102.3M
Profit$28.84B$12.30B$2.37B$98.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-4.5%-4.6%-5.0%9.7%-4.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.22.0%41.3%—48.8%45.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.10.5%——26.9%26.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.8.9%6.7%11.0%96.1%11.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.7.3%9.0%19.0%66.0%19.0%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.11.1%6.6%6.6%35.0%6.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.8.3%——21.9%21.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.25.80x32.45x26.01x3.20x26.01x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.12.86x————
Price to book2.87x2.14x1.71x1.12x1.71x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.70x0.71x1.34x0.18x0.71x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/96/94/86/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafegreysafe

How XOM compares with the others

  • XOM's operating margin of 10.5% is lower than the other company selected (26.9%).
  • Its revenue growth of -4.5% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-4.6%).
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (25.8x against 26.0x).

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.