Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Exxon Paid Dividends of $47 Billion in Past 5 Years


Exxon Mobil has been one of the leading corporation in the oil and gas industry with the second highest market cap. The market of the company is currently around $435 billion and XOM stock is currently trading at $100 in the market. Exxon is known as a shareholder friendly company, because the company has been paying dividends to its shareholders since 2009. The amount of the dividends paid and repurchased stocks are around $131 billion. 
The company has paid dividends worth of $47 billion in past 5 years to its shareholders, and the share repurchase has been worth of around $84 billion since year 2009. The company has paid out around 50% of its cash flows in terms of dividends and shares repurchase. The company has also increased 59% per share dividends since year 2009, and the company has been increasing per share dividends from last five years. XOM stock is fairly valued currently, considering the price to earnings ratio of the company.

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