In the latest trading session,, 1.55 million Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.81. With the company’s most recent per share price at $139.45 changed hands at -$0.65 or -0.46% at last look, the market valuation stands at $243.58B. CVX’s current price is a discount, trading about -21.16% off its 52-week high of $168.96. The share price had its 52-week low at $132.04, which suggests the last value was 5.31% up since then. When we look at Chevron Corp’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 8.53 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 9.24 million.
Analysts gave the Chevron Corp (CVX) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.04. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 24 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 3 recommended CVX as a Hold, 20 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Chevron Corp’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 2.15.
Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) trade information
Instantly CVX was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 1.57%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -3.72%, with the 5-day performance at 1.57% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) is -16.04% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 61.83 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 5.19 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 155, meaning bulls need an upside of 10.03% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, CVX’s forecast low is 140 with 184 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -31.95% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -0.39% for it to hit the projected low.
Chevron Corp (CVX) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -5.76% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 7 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 48.39B. 7 analysts are of the opinion that Chevron Corp’s revenue for the current quarter will be 46.14B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 48.72B and 51.18B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -0.66%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -9.84%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 44.50%. The 2025 estimates are for Chevron Corp earnings to decrease by -14.56%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 8.09% per year.
CVX Dividends
Chevron Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Jan-30. The 4.73% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 6.60. It is important to note, however, that the 4.73% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 4.39 per year.
Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 6.86% of Chevron Corp shares while 70.83% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 76.04%. There are 70.83% institutions holding the Chevron Corp stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 8.6918% of the shares, roughly 158.7 million CVX shares worth $24.82 billion.
STATE STREET CORP holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 8.6662% or 158.23 million shares worth $24.75 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 53.47 shares estimated at $7.46 billion under it, the former controlled 3.04% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.57% of the shares, roughly 45.24 shares worth around $6.32 billion.
