Jones Financial Companies Lllp Makes New Investment in Chevron Corporation $CVX

Jones Financial Companies Lllp bought a new stake in shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVXFree Report) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 100,127 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,597,000.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Chevron during the second quarter valued at $25,663,729,000. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Chevron by 9.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 152,605,988 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $23,698,184,000 after purchasing an additional 12,789,399 shares during the period. Berkshire Hathaway Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Chevron by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. Berkshire Hathaway Inc now owns 130,156,362 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $19,837,131,000 after buying an additional 8,091,570 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Chevron by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 43,613,011 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $6,620,187,000 after buying an additional 134,890 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Chevron by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 36,036,844 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $5,492,377,000 after acquiring an additional 961,341 shares during the period. 72.42% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Chevron Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of CVX stock opened at $203.03 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $401.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.47, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.49. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $185.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $188.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.25. Chevron Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $146.49 and a fifty-two week high of $214.71.

Chevron (NYSE:CVXGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 31st. The oil and gas company reported $6.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.55 by $0.51. The firm had revenue of $67.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $62.72 billion. Chevron had a net margin of 9.57% and a return on equity of 11.09%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 57.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.77 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that Chevron Corporation will post 16.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Chevron Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be paid a $1.78 dividend. This represents a $7.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 19th. Chevron’s dividend payout ratio is presently 68.26%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director John B. Hess sold 710,665 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.10, for a total value of $137,940,076.50. Following the sale, the director owned 363,711 shares in the company, valued at approximately $70,596,305.10. This represents a 66.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Andrew Benjamin Walz sold 16,800 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.06, for a total transaction of $3,377,808.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 14 shares in the company, valued at $2,814.84. The trade was a 99.92% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,152,582 shares of company stock valued at $225,853,661. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on CVX shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Chevron from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Zacks Research downgraded Chevron from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $216.00 target price on shares of Chevron in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Mizuho set a $224.00 price objective on shares of Chevron in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Chevron from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $210.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Twenty research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Chevron presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $207.48.

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About Chevron

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Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is an American multinational energy company engaged in virtually all aspects of the oil and gas industry. As an integrated energy firm, Chevron’s core activities include upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production, midstream transportation and storage, downstream refining and marketing of fuels and lubricants, and petrochemical manufacturing through joint ventures and subsidiaries. The company markets fuels under brands such as Chevron, Texaco and Caltex and supplies a range of products and services to retail customers, industrial users and commercial fleets worldwide.

Chevron traces its corporate lineage to the early petroleum companies that eventually became Standard Oil of California and has evolved through significant mergers and restructurings, including the acquisitions of Gulf Oil and Texaco.

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