ExxonMobil Announces First-Quarter 2026 Results

• Delivered first-quarter earnings of $4.2 billion, or $8.8 billion excluding unfavorable estimated timing effects of $3.9 billion and an identified item of $0.7 billion
• Generated earnings per share of $1.00, or $1.16 excluding the identified item, and $2.09 excluding the identified item and estimated timing effects
• Sustained industry-leading reliability and delivered record production in Guyana¹
• Achieved first LNG at Golden Pass Train 1, increasing U.S. LNG exports by 5%
• Generated a one-year total shareholder return of 48% and shareholder distributions of $9.2 billion
• Leveraged world-scale supply chain capabilities to optimize the industry’s largest and most diverse global portfolio, supporting customers in more than 180 countries

SPRING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM):

Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced first-quarter 2026 earnings of $4.2 billion, or $1.00 per share assuming dilution. Earnings excluding identified items were $4.9 billion, or $1.16 per share. Earnings were $8.8 billion, or $2.09 per share, excluding identified items and unfavorable estimated timing effects that unwind in subsequent periods.³ Cash flow from operating activities was $8.7 billion, or $13.8 billion excluding margin postings, which primarily fluctuate with the fair value of underlying derivatives.⁴ Shareholder distributions of $9.2 billion included $4.3 billion of dividends and $4.9 billion of share repurchases, consistent with the company’s previously announced plans.

“This quarter demonstrated that ExxonMobil is a fundamentally stronger company than it was just a few years ago, built to perform through disruption and across market cycles. Events in the Middle East tested that strength with the safety of our people remaining our top priority. Those events also underscored the importance of reliable, affordable energy products and the value of the capabilities we have built to deliver them,” said Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer.

“The underlying business delivered strong results, reflecting the benefits of the strategy we have consistently executed since 2018. We have grown advantaged volumes, optimized our operations, reduced structural costs, and strengthened our earnings power. The result is a more resilient, lower-cost business, grounded in advantaged assets, disciplined capital allocation, and execution excellence. That foundation gives us a durable platform to grow earnings, cash flow, and shareholder value through 2030 and beyond.”

Financial Highlights

• First-quarter earnings were $4.2 billion compared to $7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2025. Earnings excluding identified items and estimated timing effects were $8.8 billion versus $7.6 billion in the same period last year. Identified items of $0.7 billion reflect losses on settled financial hedges that were not offset by the associated physical shipments due to Middle East supply disruptions. Unfavorable estimated timing effects of $3.9 billion reflect the mismatch between the valuation of financial derivatives and the associated physical transactions, resulting in a timing difference in earnings that unwinds in subsequent periods. These timing effects were primarily driven by unsettled derivatives that are required to be marked to current period-end prices, where the associated physical shipments are not reflected in earnings until completion of the physical transactions. Higher prices and margins, advantaged volume growth, and structural cost savings were partly offset by higher expenses from advantaged investments and Middle East volume impacts.
• The company has delivered $15.6 billion in cumulative Structural Cost Savings since 2019, with an additional $0.6 billion achieved during the quarter. Structural Cost Savings are expected to reach $20 billion by 2030.
• The company generated cash flow from operations of $8.7 billion, or $13.8 billion excluding margin postings, which primarily fluctuate with the fair value of underlying derivatives, and free cash flow of $2.7 billion. Industry-leading shareholder distributions of $9.2 billion included $4.3 billion of dividends and $4.9 billion of share repurchases, on pace with plans to repurchase $20 billion of shares in 2026, assuming reasonable market conditions. ExxonMobil also delivered industry-leading first quarter total shareholder return (TSR) of 42%.¹
• The Corporation declared a second-quarter dividend of $1.03 per share, payable on June 10, 2026, to shareholders of record of Common Stock at the close of business on May 15, 2026.
• The company’s industry-leading debt-to-capital and net-debt-to-capital ratios were 15.4% and 13.1%, respectively, with a period-end cash balance of $8.4 billion.²
• Cash capital expenditures totaled $6.2 billion, consistent with the company’s full-year guidance range of $27-$29 billion, and includes $6.5 billion of additions to property, plant and equipment.

• Upstream first-quarter reported earnings were $5.7 billion versus $6.8 billion in the same period last year. Earnings excluding identified items and estimated timing effects of $6.3 billion decreased $0.3 billion from higher depreciation expense and lower base volumes from divestments and operational disruptions in Kazakhstan, partly offset by advantaged volume growth in Guyana and the Permian, and structural cost savings.
• Compared to the fourth quarter, reported earnings increased $2.2 billion. Earnings excluding identified items and estimated timing effects of $6.3 billion increased $1.8 billion versus the prior quarter. Higher crude and gas realizations were partly offset by lower volumes from Middle East impacts, operational disruptions in Kazakhstan and from U.S. winter storm Fern, and higher depreciation expense.
• Net production in the first quarter reached 4.6 million oil-equivalent barrels per day, with Guyana setting a new quarterly production record of more than 900 thousand gross barrels of oil per day.
• At the end of March, Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture between QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil, achieved first production of LNG from Train 1 at its Sabine Pass Terminal, marking a major milestone, increasing U.S. exports by 5% relative to 2025.
• Golden Pass LNG also announced the safe and successful loading and departure of its first LNG export cargo from the Golden Pass LNG terminal in April. This achievement marks another major milestone toward full commercial operations.

• Energy Products reported lower first-quarter earnings versus the same quarter last year. Earnings excluding identified items and estimated timing effects were $2.8 billion, an increase of $1.9 billion versus the same quarter last year. Identified items reflect losses on settled financial hedges that were not offset by the associated physical shipments due to Middle East supply disruptions. Unfavorable estimated timing effects reflect the mismatch between the valuation of financial derivatives and the associated physical transactions, resulting in a timing difference in earnings that unwinds in subsequent periods. Improved margins, including strong trading and optimization results, and structural cost savings were partly offset by higher expenses from planned turnaround activity and unfavorable foreign exchange impacts.
• Reported first-quarter earnings decreased versus the prior quarter. Earnings excluding identified items and estimated timing effects increased $247 million compared to the fourth quarter. The quarter-over-quarter increase was driven by strong margins from refining and trading, structural cost savings, and lower seasonal expenses. These favorable impacts were partly offset by lower volumes due to scheduled maintenance and Middle East disruptions, and the absence of favorable year-end inventory effects.

• Chemical Products first-quarter earnings were $110 million, a decrease of $163 million versus the same quarter last year. Weaker margins driven by lower realizations and higher feed costs were partly offset by volume increases from the China Chemical Complex start-up and structural cost savings.
• First-quarter earnings of $110 million increased $391 million versus the fourth quarter. Improved results were driven by the absence of prior quarter identified items, lower seasonal expenses, and structural cost savings, partly offset by the absence of favorable tax impacts.

• Specialty Products delivered strong first-quarter earnings of $651 million, consistent with the same period last year. Record sales volume of high-value products¹ and structural cost savings were offset by lower margins from increased feed costs.
• First-quarter earnings of $651 million decreased $31 million from the prior quarter. Higher feed costs that compressed margins were partially offset by lower seasonal expenses and record sales volumes of high-value products.

• Corporate and Financing first-quarter net charges were $1.1 billion compared to $0.8 billion in the same quarter last year due to lower interest income and the absence of favorable tax items.
• First-quarter net charges of $1.1 billion increased $0.2 billion versus the fourth quarter driven by the absence of favorable tax items.

This press release references Structural Cost Savings, which describes decreases in cash opex excluding energy and production taxes as a result of operational efficiencies, workforce reductions, divestment-related reductions, and other cost-saving measures, that are expected to be sustainable compared to 2019 levels. Relative to 2019, estimated cumulative Structural Cost Savings totaled $15.6 billion, which included an additional $0.6 billion in the first three months of 2026. The total change between periods in expenses above will reflect both Structural Cost Savings and other changes in spend, including market drivers, such as inflation and foreign exchange impacts, as well as changes in activity levels and costs associated with new operations, mergers and acquisitions, new business venture development, and early-stage projects. Structural Cost Savings from new operations, mergers and acquisitions, and new business venture developments are included in the cumulative Structural Cost Savings. Estimates of cumulative annual Structural Cost Savings may be revised depending on whether cost reductions realized in prior periods are determined to be sustainable compared to 2019 levels. Structural Cost Savings are stewarded internally to support management’s oversight of spending over time. This measure is useful for investors to understand the Corporation’s efforts to optimize spending through disciplined expense management.

ExxonMobil will discuss financial and operating results and other matters during a webcast at 8:30 a.m. Central Time on May 1, 2026. To listen to the event or access an archived replay, please visit www.exxonmobil.com.

Selected Earnings Driver Definitions

Advantaged volume growth. Represents earnings impact from change in volume/mix from advantaged assets, advantaged projects, and high-value products. See frequently used terms on page 11 for definitions of advantaged assets, advantaged projects, and high-value products.

Base volume. Represents and includes all volume/mix drivers not included in advantaged volume growth driver defined above.

Structural cost savings. Represents after-tax earnings effect of Structural Cost Savings as defined on page 8, including cash operating expenses related to divestments.

Expenses. Represents and includes all expenses otherwise not included in other earnings drivers.

Estimated timing effects. Represents estimated timing effects which unwind in subsequent periods, and are primarily related to unsettled derivatives which are required to be marked to current period-end prices (mark-to-market), where the associated physical shipments are not reflected in earnings until the physical transaction is complete. It also includes estimated recognition differences between the settlement of derivatives and their offsetting physical commodity realizations (due to LIFO inventory accounting).

Cautionary Statement

Statements related to future events; projections; descriptions of strategic, operating, and financial plans and objectives; statements of future ambitions, future earnings power, potential addressable markets, or plans; and other statements of future events or conditions in this release are forward-looking statements. Similarly, discussion of future carbon capture, transportation and storage, as well as lower-emission fuels, hydrogen and ammonia, lithium, direct air capture, Proxxima^TM resin systems, carbon materials, low-carbon data centers, and other low carbon and new business plans to reduce emissions of ExxonMobil, its affiliates, and third parties, are dependent on future market factors, such as continued technological progress, stable policy support and timely rule-making and permitting, and represent forward-looking statements. Actual future results, including financial and operating performance; potential earnings, cash flow, or rate of return; total cash capital expenditures and mix, including allocations of capital to low carbon and other new investments; realization and maintenance of structural cost reductions and efficiency gains, including the ability to offset inflationary pressure; plans to reduce future emissions and emissions intensity; ambitions to reach Scope 1 and Scope 2 net zero from operated assets by 2050, to reach Scope 1 and 2 net zero in integrated Upstream Permian Basin unconventional operated assets by 2035, to eliminate routine flaring in-line with World Bank Zero Routine Flaring, to reach near-zero methane emissions from operated assets and other methane initiatives, and to meet ExxonMobil’s emission reduction goals and plans, divestment and start-up plans, and associated project plans as well as technology advances, including the timing and outcome of projects to capture, transport, and store CO2, produce hydrogen and ammonia, produce lower-emission fuels, produce lithium, produce Proxxima^TM resin systems, produce carbon materials, and use plastic waste as feedstock for advanced recycling; cash flow, dividends and shareholder returns, including the timing and amounts of share repurchases; future debt levels and credit ratings; business and project plans, timing, costs, capacities and returns; resource recoveries and production rates; and planned Pioneer and Denbury integrated benefits, could differ materially due to a number of factors. These include global or regional changes or imbalances in the supply and demand for oil, natural gas, petrochemicals, and feedstocks and other market factors, economic conditions and seasonal fluctuations that impact prices, differentials, margins, and volume/mix for our products; changes in any part of the world in laws, taxes, or regulations including extraterritorial environmental and tax regulations, trade sanctions, and timely granting of governmental permits, licenses, and certifications; developments or changes in government policies supporting lower carbon and new market investment opportunities or policies limiting the attractiveness of future investment such as the additional European taxes on the energy sector and unequal support for different methods of emissions reduction; variable impacts of trading activities and derivative positions, including timing effects, on our margins and results each quarter; changes in interest and exchange rates; actions of co-venturers or partners, competitors and commercial counterparties, including suppliers and customers; the outcome of commercial negotiations, including final agreed terms and conditions; the ability to access debt markets; the ultimate impacts of public health crises, including the effects of government responses on people and economies; reservoir performance and optimization, including variability and timing factors applicable to unconventional resources, the success of new unconventional technologies, and the ability of new technologies to improve the recovery relative to competitors; the level, outcome, and timing of exploration projects and decisions to invest in future reserves and resources; timely completion of development and other construction projects and commencement of start-up operations, including reliance on third-party suppliers and service providers; final management approval of future projects and any changes in the scope, terms, or costs of such projects as approved; government regulation of our growth opportunities; government actions in pursuit of national energy and security policies or priorities affecting our business; war, civil unrest, armed hostilities, attacks against the company or industry and other political or security disturbances, including disruption of land or sea transportation routes or distribution or shipping channels; expropriations, seizures, or capacity, insurance, export, import or shipping limitations imposed directly or indirectly by governments or laws; changes in market, national or regional tariffs or disruption, realignment or breaking of current or historical trade or military alliances or global trade and supply chain networks; escalating geopolitical volatility, including regime changes; opportunities for potential acquisitions, investments or divestments and satisfaction of applicable conditions to closing, including timely regulatory approvals; the capture of efficiencies within and between business lines and the ability to maintain near-term cost reductions as ongoing efficiencies without impairing our competitive positioning; unforeseen technical or operating disruptions or difficulties and unplanned maintenance; the development and competitiveness of alternative energy and emission reduction technologies; the results of research programs and the ability to bring new technologies to commercial scale on a cost-competitive basis; and other factors discussed under Item 1A.

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