Top Oil Stocks To Keep An Eye On - November 6th

Key Points

• Seven oil stocks flagged for attention based on recent dollar trading volume: ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Marathon Petroleum, Shell, and Valero Energy.
• In Friday trading, ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips rose, while Devon Energy, Marathon Petroleum, Shell, and Valero Energy fell.
• The companies span oil and gas exploration and production, integrated energy, and refining, so their businesses—and potential stock drivers—vary across the group.

ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Marathon Petroleum, Shell, and Valero Energy are the seven Oil stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Oil stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the oil industry, such as companies that explore for, produce, refine, or transport oil. Their prices can be influenced by oil prices, company performance, supply and demand, and regulatory or geopolitical changes. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Oil stocks within the last several days.

ExxonMobil (XOM)

ExxonMobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

Shares of XOM stock traded up $0.69 during trading on Friday, reaching $165.99. The company's stock had a trading volume of 5,273,749 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,668,391. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $168.65 and a 200-day moving average price of $155.24. ExxonMobil has a one year low of $114.19 and a one year high of $188.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The company has a market cap of $677.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 0.16.

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Chevron (CVX)

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.

Shares of NYSE CVX traded up $0.79 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $213.72. The company had a trading volume of 2,749,766 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,244,281. The firm's 50 day moving average is $214.66 and its 200-day moving average is $194.17. Chevron has a 1-year low of $146.49 and a 1-year high of $236.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $422.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.

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ConocoPhillips (COP)

ConocoPhillips explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids in the United States, Canada, China, Libya, Malaysia, Norway, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company's portfolio includes unconventional plays in North America; conventional assets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; global LNG developments; oil sands assets in Canada; and an inventory of global exploration prospects.

ConocoPhillips stock traded up $1.52 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $136.98. 3,179,493 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,971,806. The stock has a market cap of $164.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 0.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 1.39. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $136.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $121.90. ConocoPhillips has a fifty-two week low of $85.59 and a fifty-two week high of $154.28.

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Devon Energy (DVN)

Shares of DVN traded down $0.46 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $42.42. 8,819,720 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,837,404. Devon Energy has a twelve month low of $32.49 and a twelve month high of $52.71. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $48.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.01. The company has a market cap of $46.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.06, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 0.43.

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Marathon Petroleum (MPC)

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Refining & Marketing, and Midstream segments. The Refining & Marketing segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks at its refineries in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, and West Coast regions of the United States; and purchases refined products and ethanol for resale and distributes refined products, including renewable diesel, through transportation, storage, distribution, and marketing services.

MPC traded down $4.15 on Friday, hitting $373.17. 907,576 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,469,790. The business has a 50-day moving average of $421.50 and a two-hundred day moving average of $294.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $101.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.82, a PEG ratio of 0.10 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.89. Marathon Petroleum has a 12 month low of $161.93 and a 12 month high of $493.98.

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Shell (SHEL)

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure to deliver gas to market.

Shares of SHEL traded down $0.86 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $99.26. The company had a trading volume of 3,404,213 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,866,937. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $98.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $88.75. The company has a market capitalization of $284.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.38. Shell has a 1-year low of $68.63 and a 1-year high of $109.37.

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Valero Energy (VLO)

Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol.

NYSE:VLO traded down $2.54 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $348.69. 940,558 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,306,700. The firm has a market capitalization of $100.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.85, a PEG ratio of 0.19 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $399.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of $288.80. The company has a current ratio of 1.72, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32. Valero Energy has a fifty-two week low of $159.90 and a fifty-two week high of $461.52.

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