Exxon Mobil in Focus Exxon Mobil (XOM) is headquartered in Irving, and is in the Oils-Energy sector. The stock has seen a price change of -7.2% since the start of the year. The oil and natural gas company is paying out a dividend of $0.82 per share at the moment, with a dividend yield of 4.23% compared to the Oil and Gas - Integrated - International industry's yield of 2.3% and the S&P 500's yield of 2%. Looking at dividend growth, the company's current annualized dividend of $3.28 is up 7.2% from last year. In the past five-year period, Exxon Mobil has increased its dividend 5 times on a year-over-year basis for an average annual increase of 4.67%. Looking ahead, future dividend growth will be dependent on earnings growth and payout ratio, which is the proportion of a company's annual earnings per share that it pays out as a dividend. Exxon's current payout ratio is 86%, meaning it paid out 86% of its trailing 12-month EPS as dividend. XOM is expecting earnings to expand this fiscal year as well.