'I Will Never Sell:' Exxon Mobil Wows Retail Investors With Q2 Earnings As Pioneer Deal Pays Off

Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday announced its second-highest Q2 earnings in the last decade driven by record production in Guyana and the Permian basin. The firm reported a 12.24% year-over-year (YoY) rise in revenue at $93.06 billion, which topped a Wall Street estimate of $90.99 billion. Earnings per share came in at $2.14 compared to a Street estimate of $2.01.

The company’s Q2 net income rose 17.25% YoY to $9.24 billion during the quarter. Exxon’s merger with Pioneer has started paying off dividends as it contributed $500 million to earnings in the first two months post-closing with record production. The integration and synergy benefits are exceeding expectations, the firm said.

Following the announcement, retail sentiment continued to remain in ‘bullish’ territory (60/100) with high message volume.

Chairman and CEO Darren Woods said the firm achieved record quarterly production from its low-cost-of-supply Permian and Guyana assets, and that oil production reached its highest level since the Exxon and Mobil merger. Net production increased 15% to 4.4 million oil-equivalent barrels per day.

The firm has been taking steps to increase its production even further. This quarter, it submitted an application to the Guyanese Environmental Protection Agency for its Hammerhead project. Once it receives the approval, production capacity is expected to be 120,000 to 180,000 barrels per day and is expected to commence in 2029.

Following the Pioneer deal, Exxon has increased the annual pace of share repurchases to $20 billion through 2025 and plans to make $19 billion worth of repurchases in 2024.

Meanwhile, the company declared a third-quarter dividend of $0.95 per share, payable on September 10, 2024, to shareholders of record of common Stock at the close of business on August 15, 2024.

One Stocktwits user named ‘beanmoney’ believes the stock is a long-term play for accumulating dividends. “I will never sell either. And I don’t worry about their day to day. True anchors of any long term portfolio.” the user wrote.