Signal Advisors Wealth LLC decreased its stake in Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVX - Free Report) by 25.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,925 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after selling 3,752 shares during the quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC's holdings in Chevron were worth $1,828,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sage Capital Advisors llc raised its position in shares of Chevron by 2.2% during the first quarter. Sage Capital Advisors llc now owns 42,421 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $7,097,000 after purchasing an additional 919 shares during the period. Viking Fund Management LLC raised its position in shares of Chevron by 9.3% during the first quarter. Viking Fund Management LLC now owns 117,000 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $19,573,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares during the period. Allianz SE acquired a new stake in shares of Chevron during the fourth quarter worth about $9,369,000. Nicholas Company Inc. raised its position in shares of Chevron by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Nicholas Company Inc. now owns 80,025 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $11,591,000 after purchasing an additional 3,280 shares during the period. Finally, Applied Finance Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Chevron by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Applied Finance Capital Management LLC now owns 179,815 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $26,044,000 after purchasing an additional 2,755 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.42% of the company's stock.
Chevron Stock Down 0.4%
CVX stock opened at $136.82 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $139.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $149.95. The company has a market cap of $238.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.83. Chevron Co. has a twelve month low of $132.04 and a twelve month high of $168.96.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 2nd. The oil and gas company reported $2.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.15 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $47.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $49.05 billion. Chevron had a return on equity of 11.44% and a net margin of 8.71%. The business's revenue was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.93 earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that Chevron Co. will post 10.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Chevron Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 19th will be paid a $1.71 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 19th. This represents a $6.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.00%. Chevron's dividend payout ratio is 78.17%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
CVX has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Chevron from $173.00 to $164.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Scotiabank downgraded Chevron from a "sector outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $160.00 to $143.00 in a report on Friday, April 11th. Mizuho decreased their price objective on Chevron from $188.00 to $186.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on Chevron from $173.00 to $162.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price objective on Chevron from $194.00 to $185.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 7th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $160.24.
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Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.
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