Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the highest quarterly results in U.S. corporate history on the back of record oil prices, even as evidence mounts that the days of record profits for Big Oil are numbered.
The energy giant's net income rose 14% to $11.66 billion, or $2.13 a share, compared with $10.25 billion, or $1.76 a share, a year earlier. The previous quarterly earnings record was the $10.71 billion Exxon recorded in the fourth quarter of 2005. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected $1.95 a share.
Exxon's annual profit of $40.6 billion was also a record, exceeding the $39.5 billion it earned in 2006....
The Irving, Texas, company said fourth-quarter revenue grew to $116.64 billion from $90.03 billion.read the WSJ story
This a normal rate of return. Total revenue minus total cost equals profits.
$116.64B - $104.98 B = $11.66B or 9.99% return
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