Chevron (CVX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) is an integrated energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas. Its upstream operations include oil and gas exploration and production, while its downstream business includes refining crude oil, marketing fuels and manufacturing and distributing lubricants, petrochemicals and fuel additives.

The company also invests in lower-carbon businesses and technologies, including renewable fuels, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and other opportunities intended to reduce emissions from its operations and energy products. Chevron serves customers in markets around the world, with major exploration, production, refining, marketing and trading activities across the Americas, Australia, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Chevron traces its history to the Pacific Coast Oil Company, founded in California in 1879, and became Chevron Corporation following the 1984 merger of Standard Oil of California and Gulf Oil. Mike Wirth serves as chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $223.12 to $225.67
• 50-Day Range: $194.57 to $225.00
• 52-Week Range: $146.49 to $225.67
• Volume: 9.34 million shs
• Average Volume: 10.42 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $443.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.53
• Dividend Yield: 3.17%
• Price Target: $213.42
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Chevron Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Chevron scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 59th out of 245 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Chevron has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 21 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Chevron has a consensus price target of $213.42, representing about 5.1% downside from its current price of $224.99.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Chevron has been the subject of 19 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -9.88%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Chevron are expected to decrease by -9.88% in the coming year, from $17.71 to $15.96 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Chevron is 21.58, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.70.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Chevron is 21.58, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.29.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Chevron has a PEG Ratio of 0.61. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Chevron has a P/B Ratio of 2.36. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.20% of the float of Chevron has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Chevron has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.05, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Chevron has recently increased by 13.93%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Chevron pays a meaningful dividend of 3.16%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Chevron has been increasing its dividend for 38 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Chevron is 68.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Chevron will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.61% next year. This indicates that Chevron will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.87

News Sentiment

Chevron has a news sentiment score of 0.87. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 90 news articles for Chevron this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

86 people have searched for CVX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 1% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

88 people have added Chevron to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 138% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Chevron insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $225,853,661.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.56% of the stock of Chevron is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

72.42% of the stock of Chevron is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2026
• Today: 10/19/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Integrated Oil & Gas
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CVX
• CIK: 93410
• Web: www.chevron.com
• Phone: (832) 854-1000
• Fax: 415-894-6817
• Employees: 43,039
• Year Founded: 1879

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Chevron: $213.42
• High Price Target: $243.00
• Low Price Target: $90.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.79
• Research Coverage: 28 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $10.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.53
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.68
• P/E Growth: 0.61
• Net Income: $12.30 billion
• Net Margins: 9.57%
• Pretax Margin: 14.23%
• Return on Equity: 11.09%
• Return on Assets: 6.54%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.19
• Current Ratio: 1.25
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $189.03 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.35
• Cash Flow: $16.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.46
• Book Value: $95.44 per share
• Price / Book: 2.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,975,770,000
• Free Float: 1,964,707,000
• Market Cap: $443.62 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.53