Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data
The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.
The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.
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Exxon Mobil Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31).
Operating cash flows exhibited significant volatility, peaking in the third quarter of 2022 before entering a period of gradual normalization and subsequent decline. Net income followed a similar trajectory, reaching a peak of approximately $20.2 billion in September 2022, then trending downward to $4.5 billion by March 2026.
- Operational Cash Generation
- Net cash provided by operating activities demonstrated a strong surge between 2021 and late 2022, peaking at $24.4 billion. While cash flows remained generally robust through 2024, a downward trend is observable in the final periods, concluding at $8.7 billion in March 2026.
- Capital Investment Trends
- Investments in property, plant, and equipment showed a consistent upward trajectory. Quarterly expenditures rose from a range of $2.4 billion to $4.1 billion in 2021 to peaks of $8.7 billion in September 2025, indicating an intensified capital expenditure strategy and an expansion of the asset base over the analyzed period.
- Shareholder Distribution and Capital Return
- Cash dividends remained highly stable, with a gradual increase from approximately $3.7 billion per quarter in 2021 to over $4.3 billion by March 2026. Concurrently, the company aggressively scaled its share repurchase program; common stock acquisitions increased from negligible amounts in early 2021 to consistent quarterly outflows between $4 billion and $5.7 billion from 2022 onward.
- Financing and Liquidity Management
- Financing activities were primarily driven by shareholder returns and debt adjustments. While 2021 was characterized by significant reductions in short-term debt, the period ending March 2026 saw a sharp reversal, highlighted by a substantial increase in commercial paper and short-term debt additions totaling $9.1 billion.
The overall financial trajectory indicates a transition from a period of exceptional windfall profits and debt deleveraging in 2022 toward a phase of higher capital intensity and sustained shareholder distributions. The most recent data suggests that maintaining these distributions and investment levels has coincided with a renewed reliance on short-term financing instruments as operating cash flows softened.