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ExxonMobil (XOM) — moat facet

Four segments ranked backwards: Energy Products is three-quarters of the revenue, Upstream two-thirds of the earnings.

ExxonMobil reports four segments, and the order in which they bring in revenue is almost the reverse of the order in which they earn it. In 2025 Energy Products sold $244,536 million, Upstream $39,389 million, Chemical Products $22,209 million and Specialty Products $17,771 million to outside customers.12

Share of 2025 external sales and of segment earnings (%)SalesEarningsEnergy Products75.5%22.9%Upstream12.2%65.8%Chemical Products6.9%2.5%Specialty Products5.5%8.8%ExxonMobil Form 10-K FY2025; external sales and segment earnings
The second-largest segment by sales makes two-thirds of the money.

Earnings run the other way. Upstream earned $21,354 million, Energy Products $7,423 million, Specialty Products $2,857 million and Chemical Products $800 million.3 Energy Products was about 75% of external sales and 23% of segment earnings; Upstream about 12% of sales and 66% of earnings.4

The reason is that most of Upstream's oil is not sold outside the company. Non-U.S. Upstream sold $36,769 million to other ExxonMobil segments in 2025 against $13,993 million to outsiders, and the refineries resell it as fuel, where the revenue appears.5 The page ExxonMobil Is Its Own Largest Customer covers that loop.

The segments also differ in the capital they use. Upstream employed $209,934 million on average in 2025 and returned 10.2%; Specialty Products employed $8,073 million and returned 35.4%.6

The first half of 2026 changed the order of results again. Upstream earned $13,664 million, Energy Products $4,203 million, Specialty Products $1,607 million and Chemical Products $1,241 million.7

These four pages take each segment as a business: what it sells, what drove it and what it earns. The moat pages cover the arguments; these give the numbers each rests on.

The question the four raise together is how dependent the company is on one price. The measure is Upstream's share of segment earnings, 66% in 2025; below half for a full year would mean the downstream businesses carry the company, which in this cycle has happened only with a refining-margin spike.

Moat trajectory: Holding steady

Upstream remained the largest earner in the first half of 2026, and all four segments earned more than a year earlier.

The number that tests this moat
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Upstream share of segment earnings
66% in 2025; 66% in H1 2026

Below half for a full year would mean the downstream businesses carry the company, which has happened in this cycle only with a refining-margin spike.

How it's calculated: 21,354 / (21,354 + 7,423 + 800 + 2,857) for 2025; 13,664 / (13,664 + 4,203 + 1,241 + 1,607) for H1 2026.
Source: ExxonMobil Form 10-K FY2025 and Q2 2026 10-Q (Moat Explorer calc) ↗
Dig deeper
DIG DEEPER 01
Energy Products
Three cents of earnings on each dollar of fuel, and a March 2026 quarter that lost $1.3 billion before June earned $5.5 billion.
DIG DEEPER 02
Upstream
Two-thirds of the earnings, on American capital returning 4.3% and foreign capital returning 17.7%.
DIG DEEPER 03
Chemical Products
A 2.7% return at the bottom of the cycle, then the best quarter in two years on cheap American ethane.
DIG DEEPER 04
Specialty Products
The one segment with pricing power: 35.4% on 2.7% of the capital.
References
  1. ReportedIn 2025 Energy Products sold $244,536 million, Upstream $39,389 million, Chemical Products $22,209 million and Specialty Products $17,771 million to outside customers.
    Exxon Mobil Corporation Form 10-K FY2025 - segment financial results 2023-2025: earnings Upstream $21,308M/$25,390M/$21,354M (U.S. $5,063M, non-U.S. $16,291M in 2025), Energy Products $12,142M/$4,033M/$7,423M, Chemical Products $1,637M/$2,577M/$800M (non-U.S. -$103M), Specialty Products $2,714M/$3,052M/$2,857M; 2025 average capital employed and return: Upstream $209,934M 10.2% (U.S. $118,142M 4.3%, non-U.S. $91,792M 17.7%), Energy Products $37,683M 19.7% (11.7% in 2024), Chemical Products $29,510M 2.7% (U.S. 6.4%, non-U.S. -0.7%), Specialty Products $8,073M 35.4% (U.S. 59.3% from 77.4%, non-U.S. 27.4%); 2025 earnings drivers by segment; segment product descriptions; Pioneer merger closed 3 May 2024; one-dollar Brent sensitivity; crude and product purchases 63% of costs — FY2023-FY2025 · publ. February 2026 · source ↗
  2. Moat Explorer calcIn 2025 Energy Products sold $244,536 million, Upstream $39,389 million, Chemical Products $22,209 million and Specialty Products $17,771 million to outside customers.
    Moat Explorer sum of the U.S. and non-U.S. columns of the segment note in Exxon Mobil Corporation Form 10-K FY2025 - sales and other operating revenue to external customers 2023-2025: Energy Products $268,451M/$260,967M/$244,536M, Upstream $25,574M/$37,131M/$39,389M, Chemical Products $22,265M/$22,896M/$22,209M, Specialty Products $18,407M/$18,253M/$17,771M; non-U.S. Upstream intersegment revenue $36,769M against external $13,993M in 2025 — FY2023-FY2025 · publ. February 2026 · source ↗
  3. ReportedUpstream earned $21,354 million, Energy Products $7,423 million, Specialty Products $2,857 million and Chemical Products $800 million.
    Exxon Mobil Corporation Form 10-K FY2025 - segment financial results 2023-2025: earnings Upstream $21,308M/$25,390M/$21,354M (U.S. $5,063M, non-U.S. $16,291M in 2025), Energy Products $12,142M/$4,033M/$7,423M, Chemical Products $1,637M/$2,577M/$800M (non-U.S. -$103M), Specialty Products $2,714M/$3,052M/$2,857M; 2025 average capital employed and return: Upstream $209,934M 10.2% (U.S. $118,142M 4.3%, non-U.S. $91,792M 17.7%), Energy Products $37,683M 19.7% (11.7% in 2024), Chemical Products $29,510M 2.7% (U.S. 6.4%, non-U.S. -0.7%), Specialty Products $8,073M 35.4% (U.S. 59.3% from 77.4%, non-U.S. 27.4%); 2025 earnings drivers by segment; segment product descriptions; Pioneer merger closed 3 May 2024; one-dollar Brent sensitivity; crude and product purchases 63% of costs — FY2023-FY2025 · publ. February 2026 · source ↗
  4. Moat Explorer calcEnergy Products was about 75% of external sales and 23% of segment earnings; Upstream about 12% of sales and 66% of earnings.
    Moat Explorer calculation from ExxonMobil's Form 10-K FY2025 and Q2 2026 10-Q: segment shares of external sales and of segment earnings, earnings per dollar of sales, and the March 2026 quarter as the six months less the June quarter — 2025 to Q2 2026 · publ. 2026-09-23 · source ↗
  5. Moat Explorer calcNon-U.S. Upstream sold $36,769 million to other ExxonMobil segments in 2025 against $13,993 million to outsiders, and the refineries resell it as fuel, where the revenue appears.
    Moat Explorer sum of the U.S. and non-U.S. columns of the segment note in Exxon Mobil Corporation Form 10-K FY2025 - sales and other operating revenue to external customers 2023-2025: Energy Products $268,451M/$260,967M/$244,536M, Upstream $25,574M/$37,131M/$39,389M, Chemical Products $22,265M/$22,896M/$22,209M, Specialty Products $18,407M/$18,253M/$17,771M; non-U.S. Upstream intersegment revenue $36,769M against external $13,993M in 2025 — FY2023-FY2025 · publ. February 2026 · source ↗
  6. ReportedUpstream employed $209,934 million on average in 2025 and returned 10.2%; Specialty Products employed $8,073 million and returned 35.4%.
    Exxon Mobil Corporation Form 10-K FY2025 - segment financial results 2023-2025: earnings Upstream $21,308M/$25,390M/$21,354M (U.S. $5,063M, non-U.S. $16,291M in 2025), Energy Products $12,142M/$4,033M/$7,423M, Chemical Products $1,637M/$2,577M/$800M (non-U.S. -$103M), Specialty Products $2,714M/$3,052M/$2,857M; 2025 average capital employed and return: Upstream $209,934M 10.2% (U.S. $118,142M 4.3%, non-U.S. $91,792M 17.7%), Energy Products $37,683M 19.7% (11.7% in 2024), Chemical Products $29,510M 2.7% (U.S. 6.4%, non-U.S. -0.7%), Specialty Products $8,073M 35.4% (U.S. 59.3% from 77.4%, non-U.S. 27.4%); 2025 earnings drivers by segment; segment product descriptions; Pioneer merger closed 3 May 2024; one-dollar Brent sensitivity; crude and product purchases 63% of costs — FY2023-FY2025 · publ. February 2026 · source ↗
  7. ReportedUpstream earned $13,664 million, Energy Products $4,203 million, Specialty Products $1,607 million and Chemical Products $1,241 million.
    ExxonMobil Form 10-Q, quarter to 30 June 2026 - segment earnings Q2 2026 against Q2 2025: Upstream $7,927M/$5,402M (price +$4,650M, advantaged volume +$1,140M, Middle East volume -$1,060M), Energy Products $5,465M/$1,366M (margin +$3,180M), Chemical Products $1,131M/$293M (margin +$980M, advantaged volume -$130M; non-U.S. $532M), Specialty Products $956M/$780M (U.S. $287M, non-U.S. $669M); six months Upstream $13,664M, Energy Products $4,203M (non-U.S. $555M), Chemical Products $1,241M, Specialty Products $1,607M — Q2 2026 · publ. August 2026 · source ↗
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Generated September 23, 2026