This statement from CEO is one major factor for this stock:
The safety of that dividend remains one of the most important questions investors are asking right now. Exxon CEO Darren Woods has made it clear that keeping it intact is a priority. The stock's dividend yield is now 7.3%.
Now, all you daytrader, noninvestors and naysayers out there, or environmental whackjobs as the case may be, UNDERSTAND this, a company like Exxon (XOM), is in a very elite class itself, and just its global assets valuation alone (physically & intrinsically) in every sector from operations to equipment to buildings to infrastructure relationships in MANY countries and with MANY governments, makes this a stock that can never die; unless the world ceased to exist. This is a very rare situation and breed. It is NOT some stupid overhyped tech stock or social media nonsense stock so many creme their shorts for... This is in a paradigm in and of itself...
Once you understand this concept, you then will understand how it is reclaiming itself so quickly and will continue higher into the future... Why Investors/Shareholders are rewarded with a guaranteed dividend that is better than any crooked bank out there can even attempt to meet.