Exxon Mobil (XOM) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Exxon Mobil has disclosed Research & Development across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $126.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $126.0 million, up 96.88% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.1 billion (up 44.07% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.0 billion, up 21.91% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $126.0 million for Q1 2026 at Exxon Mobil, down from $543.0 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $543.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $64.0 million in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $173.0 million (2022), against an average of $219.7 million.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development sank 60.06% in 2023 and soared 191.94% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Exxon Mobil's Research & Development stood at $348.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 60.06% to $139.0 million in 2023, then soared by 33.81% to $186.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 191.94% to $543.0 million in 2025, then sank by 76.8% to $126.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $126.0 million (Q1 2026), $543.0 million (Q4 2025), and $149.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.