Discontinued — last reported Q4 '25
Willis Towers Watson Postretirement benefits expense in excess of (less than) net payments decreased by 50.0% to $6.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 93.2%, from $88.00M to $6.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Postretirement benefits expense in excess of (less than) net payments shows an upward trend with a -9.6% CAGR.
A negative adjustment indicates that cash payments to plans exceeded the accounting expense, reducing operating cash flow.
This adjustment reconciles the non-cash expense recognized for pension and postretirement obligations against the actual...
Standard for mature companies with legacy pension obligations; comparable to other large-cap industrial firms.
xom_postretirement_benefits_net_of_payments| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | -$39.00M | -$44.00M | -$43.00M | -$40.00M | -$40.00M | -$33.00M | -$40.00M | -$8.00M | -$3.00M | -$9.00M | -$6.00M | -$4.00M | -$7.00M | -$4.00M | $19.00M | $88.00M | $6.00M | $6.00M | $12.00M | $6.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -12.8% | +2.3% | +7.0% | +0.0% | +17.5% | -21.2% | +80.0% | +62.5% | -200.0% | +33.3% | +33.3% | -75.0% | +42.9% | +575.0% | +363.2% | -93.2% | +0.0% | +100.0% | -50.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -2.6% | +25.0% | +7.0% | +80.0% | +92.5% | +72.7% | +85.0% | +50.0% | -133.3% | +55.6% | +416.7% | >999% | +185.7% | +250.0% | -36.8% | -93.2% |