Exxon Mobil Stock Is Up 55% in 2026. Is Its Dividend Still Safe?
After a 55% surge in Exxon Mobil shares, income investors face a yield near historic lows and an oil market full of landmines. Here is what the cash flow numbers reveal about whether that $4.12 annual payout can survive the… Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM | XOM Price Prediction) pays $4.12 per share per year, or $1.03 per quarter. A year ago, the quarterly payment was $0.99. The shares trade at $183.08 after a 55.16% year-to-date run, so the yield has dropped to 2.33%. Income investors buying after that rally need to know whether the payout still holds up once oil prices cool. The fourth-quarter 2025 raise of 4% extended Exxon’s run to 43 consecutive years of annual dividend growth. The quarterly figures show a steady climb: $0.87 in 2020, $0.91 in 2023, and $0.95 in 2024. Exxon kept paying in 2020, a year when operating cash flow of $14.668 billion came in below dividends of $14.865 billion.…