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Exxon Mobil XOM

US equityMarket cap rank #23Safe-Haven AssetsNatural GasShale Oil
$165.87 +$0.57 (+0.34%)
Market closed · Nov 7, 9:40 pm ET · Last extended-hours $166.20 +0.20%
Open$164.25
Prev close$165.30
Day range$163.51 – $166.79
Volume15.87M
Market cap$676.62B
P/E (TTM)17.1
Dividend yield2.48%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership66.4%-0.30 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding4,885+135 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)25 buys / 21 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.03% of floatDays to cover 3.9 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share15.6%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%16%21%27%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$338.04M (5 inflow days, 15 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$149.7MSuper−$188.4MBig−$133.9MMid−$550.4MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 25.1% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock7.29%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.21%
  • State Street Global Advisors5.07%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.86%
  • FMR2.65%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.45%
  • Capital Research1.58%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management1.50%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund54.87%
  • Public Company4.12%
  • Private Company2.23%
  • Government Pension Fund1.65%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.57%
  • Hedge Fund0.87%
  • Family Office/Trust0.42%
  • Insurance Company0.31%

Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 1.03% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,175,854 0.1%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,903,718 0.0%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +12,005,359 8.1%
GQG Partners, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +10,214,420 0.4%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,099,415 0.1%
Capital Research Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,956,162 1.6%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets SNC Private Company 2026/Q3 +3,464,948 0.2%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,283,836 0.9%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,948,337 2.4%
Marshall Wace LLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +2,867,185 0.1%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +2,775,621 0.1%
National Bank Investments Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,136,204 0.1%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,747,380 0.5%
Squarepoint OPS LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,665,083 0.1%
ClearBridge Investments, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,576,950 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
15 Mar 2026 Darrin Talley Former President of ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company Open Market Disposition -1,080 $155.50 282,435
1 Mar 2026 Darrin Talley Former President of ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company Open Market Disposition -2,150 $157.82 283,470
8 Feb 2026 Darrin Talley Former President of ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company Open Market Disposition -3,230 $149.18 285,620
1 Feb 2026 Darrin Talley Former President of ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company Open Market Disposition -5,000 $139.76 288,850
31 Jan 2026 Neil Hansen Senior Vice President Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 241,500
1 Jan 2026 Steven Kandarian Independent Non-Executive Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 28,000
1 Jan 2026 Michael Angelakis Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 44,292
1 Jan 2026 Lawrence Kellner Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 15,500
1 Jan 2026 Jeffrey Ubben Former Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 20,500
1 Jan 2026 John Delanier Harris Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 15,750
1 Jan 2026 Joseph Hooley Lead independent director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 23,218
1 Jan 2026 Gregory Garland Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 10,839
1 Jan 2026 Angela Rose Braly Independent Non-Executive Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 34,475
1 Jan 2026 Dina Powell McCormick Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 13,000
1 Jan 2026 Alexander Karsner Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 37,500
1 Jan 2026 Kaisa Hietala Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 20,500
1 Jan 2026 Maria Jelescu-Dreyfus Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,500 – 40,757
31 Dec 2025 Staale Gjervik President of ExxonMobil Global Projects Company Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 302,998
17 Dec 2025 Neil Chapman Senior Vice President Other Acquisition +335 – 1,060,459
17 Dec 2025 Neil Chapman Senior Vice President Other Disposition -1,340 – 1,060,459

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Oct 2026 42,294,242 1.0% 3.9
30 Sep 2026 39,222,492 1.0% 2.6
15 Sep 2026 39,711,328 1.0% 3.0
31 Aug 2026 39,700,806 1.0% 2.7
14 Aug 2026 36,897,721 0.9% 2.7
31 Jul 2026 42,347,070 1.0% 2.9

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