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What If You Had Invested in ExxonMobil 10 Years Ago?
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
XOM $165.30 ▼ -2.35% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in XOM in November 2016, today it would be worth
$2,891
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into XOM since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$156,524
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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XOM returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | $1.0300 | +0.0% | ||
| May 15, 2026 | $1.0300 | +0.0% | ||
| Feb 12, 2026 | $1.0300 | +0.0% | ||
| Nov 14, 2025 | $1.0300 | +4.0% | ||
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.9900 | +0.0% | ||
| May 15, 2025 | $0.9900 | +0.0% | ||
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.9900 | +0.0% | ||
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.9900 | +4.2% | ||
| Aug 15, 2024 | $0.9500 | +0.0% | ||
| May 14, 2024 | $0.9500 | +0.0% | ||
| Feb 13, 2024 | $0.9500 | +0.0% | ||
| Nov 14, 2023 | $0.9500 | — |
XOM year by year
Best full year: 2022 (+87.4%). Worst: 2020 (-36.2%).
| Year | XOM | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +40.1% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +16.0% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +11.3% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | -6.3% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | +87.4% | -18.2% | Energy prices surged after Russia invaded Ukraine, and Exxon was one of the best performers in the S&P 500. |
| 2021 | +57.6% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | -36.2% | +18.3% | Oil demand collapsed in the pandemic and prices briefly went negative; Exxon lost about 40%. |
| 2019 | +7.2% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | -15.1% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | -3.8% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +19.9% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | -12.8% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | -6.1% | +13.5% | Oil prices began to collapse in the second half of the year. |
| 2013 | +20.1% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +4.7% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +18.7% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +10.1% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | -12.6% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -13.1% | -36.8% | |
| 2007 | +24.3% | +5.1% |
XOM: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 1985 (491 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 350 (71%). The lump sum usually won, but roughly one start in 3 favored spreading it out. The best case for monthly investing was a start in December 2019, when it finished the year 55% ahead.
Worst drop
XOM's worst fall in this history was -58.4%, a loss of more than half, from April 2014 to October 2020. Getting back to the old high took until January 2022: 15 months from the bottom and 7.8 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $416 at the low.
ExxonMobil dividends
XOM paid $4.12 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly. At $165.30 that is 2.49%, a moderate yield. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout grew +2.8% a year, slowly, about in line with inflation. The yearly total did not fall once in the last ten years. Amounts are adjusted for splits.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.00 | +4.2% | 3.32% |
| 2024 | $3.84 | +4.3% | 3.57% |
| 2023 | $3.68 | +3.7% | 3.68% |
| 2022 | $3.55 | +1.7% | 3.22% |
| 2021 | $3.49 | +0.3% | 5.70% |
| 2020 | $3.48 | +1.5% | 8.44% |
| 2019 | $3.43 | +6.2% | 4.92% |
| 2018 | $3.23 | +5.6% | 4.74% |
| 2017 | $3.06 | +2.7% | 3.66% |
| 2016 | $2.98 | +3.5% | 3.30% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
XOM dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | $1.0300 | +0.0% |
| May 15, 2026 | $1.0300 | +0.0% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $1.0300 | +0.0% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $1.0300 | +4.0% |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.9900 | +0.0% |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.9900 | +0.0% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.9900 | +0.0% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.9900 | +4.2% |
| Aug 15, 2024 | $0.9500 | +0.0% |
| May 14, 2024 | $0.9500 | +0.0% |
| Feb 13, 2024 | $0.9500 | +0.0% |
| Nov 14, 2023 | $0.9500 | — |
Stock splits
- July 1976: 2-for-1
- June 1981: 2-for-1
- September 1987: 2-for-1
- April 1997: 2-for-1
- July 2001: 2-for-1
One share bought before 1976 is 32 shares today.
About ExxonMobil
| Company | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Listed | NYSE (history back to Standard Oil) |
| Sector | Energy |
| Dividend | Paid quarterly |
ExxonMobil is the largest U.S. oil and gas company, with businesses from drilling to refining and chemicals. Its stock moves largely with oil prices.
Exxon was the most valuable U.S. company for much of the 2000s, then went through a long slump as oil prices fell after 2014; it was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2020. Rising energy prices in 2021 and 2022 brought a strong comeback.
Much of its long-term return comes from a large, steadily raised dividend, which it kept paying even through the 2020 collapse in oil prices.
Questions about XOM
How much would $10,000 invested in XOM 20 years ago be worth today?
About $42,503 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 325.0% in total, or 7.5% a year.
When does XOM pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in February, May, August and November, $4.12 per share in total.
Did XOM beat the S&P 500?
No. Over the last 20 years it trailed by 3.1 percentage points a year: +7.5% a year for XOM against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. It also fell harder at its worst (-58.4% against -50.8% for SPY over the same history).