Which is more profitable, Shell or Exxon Mobil?

Exxon Mobil keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Shell or Exxon Mobil?

Exxon Mobil grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Shell or Exxon Mobil?

Shell costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Shell or Exxon Mobil?

Exxon Mobil would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Shell vs Exxon Mobil stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Shell is cheaper for its profits. Exxon Mobil is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Shell	Exxon Mobil
	$280 billion	$696 billion
	6.7%	8.9%
	−11.2%	−6.7%
	15.7×	24.1×
	0.8 years	0.5 years
	11.2%	13.1%
	3.5%	2.8%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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