Chevron (CVX) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover Chevron?

Chevron has been rated by research analysts at Barclays , BNP Paribas Exane , Citigroup , HSBC , Mizuho , Morgan Stanley , Piper Sandler , Royal Bank Of Canada , Sanford C. Bernstein , Scotiabank , TD Cowen , The Goldman Sachs Group , Tudor Pickering , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , Wells Fargo & Company , and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

$187.46 -0.89 (-0.47%)

Closing price 06/5/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$187.66 +0.20 (+0.11%)

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Chevron - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 25 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
5

Buy
19

Based on 25 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Chevron in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 25 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 5 have given a hold rating, 18 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for CVX.

Consensus Price Target

$205.70
9.73% Upside

According to the 25 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Chevron, the average price target is $205.70. The highest price target for CVX is $242.00, while the lowest price target for CVX is $160.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 9.73% from the current price of $187.46.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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CVX Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 6/7/25 to 6/7/26	1 Month Ago 5/8/25 to 5/8/26	3 Months Ago 3/9/25 to 3/9/26	1 Year Ago 6/7/24 to 6/7/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	18 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)
Hold	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Sell rating(s)	3 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$205.70	$202.74	$178.95	$160.24
Forecasted Upside	9.73% Upside	11.78% Upside	-5.53% Downside	14.28% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Hold	Hold

CVX Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

CVX Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Chevron Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Chevron	Energy Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.76	2.40	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	9.73% Upside	41.55% Upside	15.62% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent CVX News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
6/2/2026	Weiss Ratings Not Rated		Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
5/27/2026	Mizuho 4 of 5 stars	Nitin Kumar 5 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $230.00	+24.53%
5/26/2026	Barclays 3 of 5 stars	Betty Jiang 4 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$192.00 ➝ $213.00	+12.03%
5/22/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Devin McDermott Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$212.00 ➝ $214.00	+12.08%
5/11/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bob Brackett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Market Perform	$216.00 ➝ $204.00	+10.68%
5/8/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Hold	$204.00 ➝ $205.00	+12.35%
5/6/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy	$216.00	+12.12%
5/5/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Biraj Borkhataria Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$220.00	+14.70%
5/4/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Josh Silverstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$218.00 ➝ $220.00	+15.43%
4/22/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Paul Cheng Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$168.00 ➝ $187.00	-0.26%
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4/17/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lucas Herrmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$174.00	-7.45%
4/9/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sam Margolin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$204.00 ➝ $222.00	+15.14%
4/9/2026	Tudor Pickering Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$225.00	+16.69%
4/3/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
4/2/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Alastair Syme Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$210.00 ➝ $235.00	+17.42%
3/20/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$215.00	+6.78%
3/12/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ryan Todd Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$179.00 ➝ $242.00	+22.28%
3/2/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jean Ann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$188.00 ➝ $206.00	+10.48%
2/17/2026	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James West Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$205.00	+11.62%
2/3/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$203.00	+15.00%
2/2/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$190.00	+7.49%
1/20/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Arun Jayaram Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$176.00	+5.85%
1/14/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lloyd Byrne Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$174.00 ➝ $189.00	+13.35%
1/6/2026	Freedom Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
10/17/2025	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Justin Jenkins Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$170.00 ➝ $160.00	+4.52%
7/31/2025	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Richardson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$180.00	+17.13%
5/6/2025	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	W. Eisenmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Sell	$130.00	-4.04%
4/23/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Peter Low Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Sell	$156.00 ➝ $124.00	-9.66%
2/4/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Neal Dingmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Hold	$164.00 ➝ $160.00	+4.55%
7/18/2024	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	S. Margolin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Strong-Buy ➝ Peer Perform

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Should I Buy Chevron Stock? CVX Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Chevron pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Chevron
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Chevron:

The current stock price is around $187.77, which may present a buying opportunity for investors looking to enter at a lower price point.
Chevron has recently applied to join Argentina’s incentive regime for a significant $13.8 billion unconventional oil project, indicating a strong commitment to long-term growth and production expansion.
Analysts have shown positive sentiment, with several firms raising their price targets for Chevron, reflecting confidence in the company's future performance.
The company has demonstrated production growth and strategic offshore expansion, including acquisitions and new exploration projects, which could enhance its reserves and output.
Chevron's recent earnings report showed a positive EPS that exceeded expectations, suggesting strong financial health and operational efficiency.

Chevron
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Chevron for these reasons:

Insider selling has been notable, with significant shares sold recently, which may indicate a lack of confidence among executives regarding the stock's future performance.
The company's payout ratio is currently high, suggesting that a large portion of earnings is being distributed as dividends, which could limit reinvestment in growth opportunities.
Chevron's revenue for the last quarter fell short of consensus estimates, raising concerns about its ability to meet future financial expectations.
Market volatility and fluctuations in oil prices can significantly impact Chevron's profitability, making it a potentially risky investment in uncertain economic conditions.
Despite positive analyst ratings, the overall market sentiment can shift quickly, and Chevron's stock may be affected by broader economic trends and geopolitical factors.

CVX Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 25 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Chevron is $205.70, with a high forecast of $242.00 and a low forecast of $160.00.

25 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chevron in the last twelve months. There is currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings, 18 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CVX shares.

According to analysts, Chevron's stock has a predicted upside of 9.73% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Chevron's stock had 5 upgrades and 1 downgrade by analysts.

Chevron has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BNP Paribas Exane, Citigroup, HSBC, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, Scotiabank, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Tudor Pickering, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Chevron more than other "energy" companies. The consensus rating for Chevron is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "energy" companies is Hold. Learn more on how CVX compares to other companies.

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Chevron (CVX) Stock Forecast & Price Target