Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) Emerges As Guiding Light For Investors

Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 7.27M but it saw 5157101 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 275.22B USD, the company’s current market price of $150.48 came falling about -0.29 while comparing to the previous closing price of $150.92. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $167.11 and as low as $135.37. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $149.2909 while lowest mark touched by it was $151.0.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the BofA Securities which resumed the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on October 17, 2024, recommending a price target of $168 for it. Bernstein issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $183 and $167.

Over the week, CVX’s stock price is moving 1.18% up while it is 2.05% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 0.88% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -6.35%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 3.05 beaten by the consensus estimate of 3.75 for the same. The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in November, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 2.46 while estimate for next year EPS is 10.63. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $47.84B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $196.7B and seeing the company making $190.03B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $49.03B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Chevron Corp.’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.87B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 10.36% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.79%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 14.93 while having a 13.07 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.08. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.73 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.39. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.31% on average.