Exxon Mobil breaks its own record for U.S. annual profit
Last Updated: Thursday, February 1, 2007 | 9:45 AM ET
The Associated Press
Oil giant Exxon Mobil on Thursday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company — $39.5 billion US — even as earnings for the last quarter of 2006 declined four per cent.
The 2006 profit topped the previous record of $36.13 billion US that Exxon set in 2005.
Exxon's 2006 profit topped the previous record of $36.13 billion US that it set in 2005.
(Max Whittaker/Associated Press)
Revenue at the world's largest publicly traded oil company rose to $377.64 billion US for the year, surpassing the record $370.68 billion US that Exxon Mobil posted in 2005.
Exxon Mobil's record annual earnings followed a year of extraordinarily high energy prices as crude oil topped $78 US a barrel in the summer — driving up average gasoline prices in the United States to more than $3 a gallon. Prices retreated later in the year.
The fourth-quarter decline reflects lower profits from Exxon's refining and marketing segment and a sharp decline in natural gas prices.
Profit for the fourth quarter of 2006 declined to $10.25 billion US from the $10.71 billion US Exxon earned in the 2005 quarter — a record quarterly profit for any U.S. public company.
Per-share earnings rose to $1.76 US from $1.71 as the company reduced the number of shares outstanding.
For the year, Exxon earned $6.62 US per share in 2006 versus $5.71 per share in 2005.
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Exxon's 2006 profit topped the previous record of $36.13 billion US that it set in 2005. 
