Chevron - CVX Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chevron in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CVX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CVX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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19 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Chevron's shares. Their CVX share price forecasts range from $165.00 to $212.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $189.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price.
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Chevron's stock was trading at $179.49 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CVX shares have decreased by 13.5% and is now trading at $155.26.
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Chevron saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 13,930,000 shares, an increase of 9.8% from the February 13th total of 12,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 5th 2023.
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Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVX) announced its earnings results on Friday, January, 27th. The oil and gas company reported $4.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.16 by $0.07. The oil and gas company had revenue of $56.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $53.97 billion. Chevron had a net margin of 14.40% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.52%. The company's revenue was up 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.56 earnings per share.
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Chevron announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 16th will be paid a dividend of $1.51 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $6.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.89%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 15th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.42.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Chevron (NYSE:CVX) stock in their portfolio include Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), iShares U.S. Energy ETF (IYE), Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2x Shares (ERX), Strive U.S. Energy ETF (DRLL), Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE), Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF (FENY), ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas (DIG) and iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers ETF (FILL).

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.96%. CVX has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 37 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 33.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CVX will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.27% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Chevron declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, January 25th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $75,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 21.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

421 employees have rated Chevron Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth on Glassdoor.com. Mike Wirth has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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Chevron trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CVX."

Chevron's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Berkshire Hathaway Inc (8.43%), Morgan Stanley (1.70%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.69%), Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (1.27%), Norges Bank (0.88%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.73%). Insiders that own company stock include Alice P Gast, Colin E Parfitt, David A Inchausti, David A Inchausti, Eimear P Bonner, Eimear P Bonner, Enrique Hernandez Jr, Enrique Hernandez, Jr, James William Johnson, Joseph C Geagea, Mark A Nelson, Michael K Wirth, Michael K Wirth, Pierre R Breber, R Hewitt Pate, Rhonda J Morris and Wanda M Austin.
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Shares of CVX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CVX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $155.26.

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has a market capitalization of $296.03 billion and generates $246.25 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $35.47 billion in net income (profit) each year or $18.28 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,846 workers across the globe.

Chevron's mailing address is 6001 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SAN RAMON CA, 94583. The official website for the company is www.chevron.com. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at (925) 842-1000, via email at invest@chevron.com, or via fax at 415-894-6817.