MW Exxon Mobil's stock falls after profit drops below expectations, as refining margins and natural gas prices dropped
Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. $(XOM)$ dropped 2.4% in premarket trading Friday, after the oil and gas giant reported first-quarter profit that fell below forecasts, even as revenue beat expectations by a wide margin. Net income dropped to $8.22 billion, or $2.06 a share, from $11.43 billion, or $2.79 a share, in the same period a year ago, as industry refining margins and natural-gas prices declined. Revenue fell 4% to $83.08 billion, above the FactSet consensus of $79.69 billion. Worldwide production increased 2.5%, as a 0.5% decline in the U.S. and a 5% drop in Asia was offset by a 15.2% jump in Canada and other Americas and a 1.8% increase in Africa. The stock has run up 21.4% year to date through Thursday, while the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF $(XLE)$ has climbed 15.3% and the S&P 500 has gained 5.8%.
-Tomi Kilgore
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