5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: ExxonMobil
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, oil and gas gorilla ExxonMobil (NYS: XOM) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Exxon's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Exxon facts
Headquarters (founded) | Irving, Texas (1870) |
Market Cap | $407.5 billion |
Industry | Integrated oil and gas |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $434.8 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Rex Tillerson |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 24.7% |
Cash/Debt | $17.8 billion / $15.6 billion |
Dividend Yield | 2.6% |
Competitors | BP |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 8,321 members who have rated Exxon believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A few months ago, one of those bulls, rtcresap, highlighted Exxon as particularly solid bargain opportunity: "[Return on invested capital] that is consistently in the 15% range or above, yet a valuation (below 10 p/e, price/book at about 2 1/2) that is unjustifiably low in light of how consistently profitable it is. Worst case scenario, the price of oil drops to where it was in the 90's -- you know, back when Exxon was still so profitable it trounced the market."
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