Chevron (NYSE:CVX) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.09 EPS

Chevron (NYSE:CVX - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The oil and gas company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.84 by $0.09, RTT News reports. Chevron had a net margin of 10.63% and a return on equity of 15.24%. The firm had revenue of $48.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $48.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.55 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 4.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Chevron Price Performance

CVX opened at $165.83 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $307.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.60, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. Chevron has a 12 month low of $139.62 and a 12 month high of $171.70. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $156.58 and a 200 day simple moving average of $151.83.

Chevron Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 17th will be given a $1.63 dividend. This represents a $6.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 16th. Chevron's dividend payout ratio is currently 57.39%.

Insider Transactions at Chevron

In other news, VP Alana K. Knowles sold 2,800 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.09, for a total transaction of $448,252.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 276 shares of the company's stock, valued at $44,184.84. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.18% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on CVX shares. Mizuho increased their price objective on Chevron from $195.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 20th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Chevron from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $184.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, January 8th. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on Chevron from $180.00 to $204.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 18th. TD Cowen cut Chevron from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $170.00 to $150.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 23rd. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded Chevron from a "sector perform" rating to a "sector outperform" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $170.00 to $195.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 11th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $184.75.

About Chevron

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.