US Oil and gasoline exports soar

[DiamondDave]

the percentage the oil companies are making in profit off each dollar is INCREASING as well, not JUST their profit dollars but their profit MARGIN has risen dramatically....

so even if they did not sell one drop more than the previous year, and the prices of oil did not go up one penny from one year to the next, the oil companies would STILL be much more profitable because they raised their profit MARGIN(percent) by a 65% increase....they were attaining about 6.5% in their profit margin and now they are attaining %10.5 in their profit margin(exxon/mobile)....THIS HAS NOTHING to do with their profit DOLLARS being up because the price of oil has gone up, thus adding higher revenues/sales....this is their choice to raise what they were getting in profit margin to a much, much much higher profit margin....they are making more on every dollar, NOT JUST generating more revenue dollars from oil being higher.

care

Profit margins can and do fluctuate... and with oil it would depend on successes of projects, not having to buy or replace certain pieces of equipment, etc... the list goes on

But the fact remains that the profit margin of oil companies is not hugely substantial... the amount of investment to obtain that profit is absolutely HUGE.... and the amount of profit earned for their efforts is smaller than the amount of taxation profit taken by the government on that same oil and oil products

Oh... and yes.. the average oil company profit margin is still at approximately 7.6%, compared with 9.2% for other types of manufacturers

 

[DiamondDave]

Fascist Dicktaker.

Feudalist Fuck!

Nope... my beliefs are based in freedom.... yours are the ones based on control, seizing, etc

 

[dilloduck]

bingo! And now they will shift the argument to, "the oil companies are going to use that money to explore alternative energy". LOL. Yea right.

No----that's what the carbon credit scam is all about----pay attention !!

I gotta few spare CCs here--wanna buy some?

 

[sealybobo]

Profit margins can and do fluctuate... and with oil it would depend on successes of projects, not having to buy or replace certain pieces of equipment, etc... the list goes on

But the fact remains that the profit margin of oil companies is not hugely substantial... the amount of investment to obtain that profit is absolutely HUGE.... and the amount of profit earned for their efforts is smaller than the amount of taxation profit taken by the government on that same oil and oil products

Oh... and yes.. the average oil company profit margin is still at approximately 7.6%, compared with 9.2% for other types of manufacturers

Like I said. Republicans want to privatize profits and socialize losses.

 

[sealybobo]

Nope... my beliefs are based in freedom.... yours are the ones based on control, seizing, etc

Henry Kissinger said: "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control people."

 

[Care4all]

Profit margins can and do fluctuate... and with oil it would depend on successes of projects, not having to buy or replace certain pieces of equipment, etc... the list goes on

But the fact remains that the profit margin of oil companies is not hugely substantial... the amount of investment to obtain that profit is absolutely HUGE.... and the amount of profit earned for their efforts is smaller than the amount of taxation profit taken by the government on that same oil and oil products

Oh... and yes.. the average oil company profit margin is still at approximately 7.6%, compared with 9.2% for other types of manufacturers

they make about 20 cents on their return on invested dollar....

what do we make on our invested dollar at a bank .....maybe 4% in a CD, in our 401k's maybe, if very lucky we can make about 8 cents on our dollar invested....

20 cents on each dollar invested is A HUGE RETURN on their investment....if only us peons and other big guns like walmart could be sooooo fortunate to get THOSEa kind of returns on our and their invested dollar.

walmart, with paying many employees below poverty levels, with importing their goods from china who's paying 2 dollars a day per employee as salary to make the widgets, only has a profit margin of 3.5%, and a return on investment dollar of about 6 cents/per $.....? (when i found this out, i took walmart off my sh*t list, they ain't gouging anyone!)

care

 

[AllieBaba]

Henry Kissinger said: "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control people."

Which explains why lefties want to control both.

 

[JimH52]

How can you say that? Exxon/Mobil earned about 8 Billion in profits a year when Bush took over. Now it's 40 Billion.

That isn't earnings... it's profits.

It appears that the bush administration has accomplished their goals. I eight years they have quadrupled the profits of the oil companies and have made many of their friends filthy rich, Haliburton included.

BRAVO!

 

[sealybobo]

It appears that the bush administration has accomplished their goals. I eight years they have quadrupled the profits of the oil companies and have made many of their friends filthy rich, Haliburton included.

BRAVO!

 

[JimH52]

Just for kicks I looked at Halliburton's stock index and charted their progress since bush's war began. You like a fold fold increase. I am sure Uncle Fester is very happy with these results. Take a look:

Halliburton Ord Shs (US:HAL) - Stock chart, Index chart - MSN Money

 

[Care4all]

exxon/mobile
Return on Assets - 5 Yr. Avg. 16.35

Return on Investment - 5 Yr. Avg. 21.56

Return on Equity (TTM) -- 18.99
Return on Equity - 5 Yr. Avg. 31.57

they are kicking butt!

 

[dilloduck]

exxon/mobile
Return on Assets - 5 Yr. Avg. 16.35

Return on Investment - 5 Yr. Avg. 21.56

Return on Equity (TTM) -- 18.99
Return on Equity - 5 Yr. Avg. 31.57

they are kicking butt!

Invest in them instead of bitching----it'll help you pay for gas.

 

[JimH52]

These are the people we are entrusting with our tax dollars:

OpEdNews

 

[DiamondDave]

exxon/mobile
Return on Assets - 5 Yr. Avg. 16.35

Return on Investment - 5 Yr. Avg. 21.56

Return on Equity (TTM) -- 18.99
Return on Equity - 5 Yr. Avg. 31.57

they are kicking butt!

Funny how you neglected the profit margin numbers and went strictly to those, in a deliberate attempt to mislead from what the discussion was...

but nice try

 

[dilloduck]

These are the people we are entrusting with our tax dollars:

OpEdNews

I'm sure Obama can find someone else to hire.

 

[sealybobo]

These are the people we are entrusting with our tax dollars:

OpEdNews

What can we do when 40% of the country are sheep and don't care because it is their party raping the system?

And all the Federal Prosecutors are loyal Bushies.

And the Justice Department has been politicized.

And anyone here who speaks up gets called a socialist.

2002-Present. First time in my life I was ever NOT proud to be an American. Sad pathetic country we are turning out to be. If the Dems don't win, I will move. I can't stand the other side any longer. They are never right yet somehow never wrong at the same time. And most people don't care to know what the fuck is going on. But ask them about what's going on with Lindsay Lohan and they can tell you intimate details.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

What can we do when 40% of the country are sheep and don't care because it is their party raping the system?

And all the Federal Prosecutors are loyal Bushies.

And the Justice Department has been politicized.

And anyone here who speaks up gets called a socialist.

2002-Present. First time in my life I was ever NOT proud to be an American. Sad pathetic country we are turning out to be. If the Dems don't win, I will move. I can't stand the other side any longer. They are never right yet somehow never wrong at the same time. And most people don't care to know what the fuck is going on. But ask them about what's going on with Lindsay Lohan and they can tell you intimate details.

Ahh a good reason to hope McCain wins AFTER all. Tell me retard, where ya going?

 

[AllieBaba]

Go to Europe. Then you can see your principles at work. Hope you have a good time. France is an especially peaceful country, these days, with all the Muslim riots and all that....

 

[JimH52]

The GOP sheep will continue supporting their "masters" until China owns our country and then they will blame the Democrats. As we speak, bush is using our Social Security tax dollars to fund the Iraq war. I am sorry for my grandchildren. They are the ones who will be paying for bush's war. But it will again be the Democrats fault. The sheep always have an answer.

 

[Care4all]

Funny how you neglected the profit margin numbers and went strictly to those, in a deliberate attempt to mislead from what the discussion was...

but nice try

quite contraire young man, YOU specifically mentioned that what they EARN is similar to other companies....

thus the OPENING for me to show you what they DO EARN on their investment dollar....

Profit margin is on RETAIL dollars sold not on what they invested, what they actually had to put out of their own money.

There was no twisting and turning, it is a FACT, they earn around 20 cents on every dollar invested....21 cents plus, to be precise....

They COUNT on most people, to NOT understand what profit margins really are and how they are calculated on retail revenues and makes the average joe think they are only making 10.8 cents on every dollar they put in to the business, but this is NOT true....they earn 21 cents on every dollar they put in to the company....which as stated previously, is much much much much more than you and i earn on our invested dollar....unless of course we invested all that we have in Exxon, then we would be earning the same as them on our buck....and many people have invested in them to make a buck or two....not knocking that at all...

profit margin is not the same as ROI...their return on their investment.....

it is just one of many figures being reported....and is a gage of how their business is doing at retail/wholesale.... it is not what they make on their own buck spent, that is their ROI....

Care