Produces oil and gas, refines it, and runs a large chemicals business alongside.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) scores 5.4 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on solvency, and growth is what holds it back.
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Every pillar here sits downstream of a commodity price nobody controls, so predictability will score poorly however well the company is run, a feature of the framework rather than a verdict on management. Solvency and efficiency are the pillars that genuinely distinguish one major from another. Read this as a comparison against peers rather than against the market.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) has a Lemma Quality Score of 5.4 out of 10 as of October 18, 2026, which reads as mixed quality. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Among the 87 Energy companies with a published score, that ranks at the 61st percentile, in the upper half of the group, short of the top quarter. The median across the group is 5.1, and the top quarter begins at 5.9, so Exxon Mobil is in line with the typical company here.
On profitability, Exxon Mobil scores 5.3, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 5.5 across 84 Energy companies, which places it in line with them, at the 48th percentile. Profitability in the middle of the range is neither a moat nor a warning: margins and returns look like those of an ordinary business in this line of work.
Exxon Mobil’s solvency score is 8.6 out of 10 (strong). Against a median of 6.5 among 79 Energy companies, that is well above the group and the 81st percentile. A high solvency score means leverage is modest relative to earnings and cash flow, which gives management room to act in a bad year.
Growth scores 3.4 out of 10, which reads as weak. The median across 66 Energy companies is 5.2, so Exxon Mobil is well below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 22nd percentile. Weak growth means revenue and earnings have been flat or shrinking against peers, which can be cyclical or a sign of a market that is maturing.
Exxon Mobil’s efficiency score is 6.0 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 5.5 among 81 Energy companies, that is above the group and the 55th percentile. Efficiency near the median says the operation is neither unusually lean nor unusually capital hungry.
Exxon Mobil’s predictability score is 3.9 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 3.1 among 86 Energy companies, that is above the group and the 72nd percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
This is a lopsided profile. Solvency scores 8.6 but growth only 3.4, a gap of 5.2 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. A solvency lead means the balance sheet is the company’s strongest asset, a cushion that buys time when trading gets harder. A growth shortfall often comes with size or a maturing market, and is less of a concern if the other pillars are strong.
Closing the gap on growth would do the most for the overall. At the median of Energy companies, 5.2, Exxon Mobil would score about 5.8 instead of 5.4. All five pillars could be scored, so the overall uses the full set of weights out of 100: profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20.
These are the Energy companies closest to Exxon Mobil in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Exxon Mobil scores 5.4 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is solvency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Exxon Mobil ranks at the 61st percentile of the 87 Energy companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.1 and the top quarter starts at 5.9, against Exxon Mobil’s 5.4.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 18, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for XOM are in the app.
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