Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVX) Shares Sold by Park Place Capital Corp

Park Place Capital Corp cut its stake in Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVXFree Report) by 9.4% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 5,139 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 531 shares during the period. Park Place Capital Corp’s holdings in Chevron were worth $744,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Rational Advisors LLC bought a new position in Chevron during the third quarter worth $29,000. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC acquired a new position in Chevron during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Chevron during the third quarter worth approximately $30,000. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of Chevron in the third quarter worth $31,000. Finally, Krane Funds Advisors LLC bought a new position in Chevron in the 3rd quarter valued at about $47,000. Institutional investors own 72.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Chevron

In other news, CEO Michael K. Wirth sold 164,600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $160.13, for a total value of $26,357,398.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 4,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $685,356.40. The trade was a 97.47 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.20% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on CVX. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Chevron from $180.00 to $163.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Chevron from $171.00 to $188.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Citigroup raised Chevron from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $145.00 to $185.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Chevron from $168.00 to $174.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Raymond James boosted their price target on Chevron from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Chevron presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $175.27.

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Chevron Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of Chevron stock opened at $155.99 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $154.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $151.11. Chevron Co. has a 1 year low of $135.37 and a 1 year high of $167.11. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a market cap of $280.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.14, a PEG ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 1.12.

Chevron (NYSE:CVXGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 1st. The oil and gas company reported $2.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $50.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $48.86 billion. Chevron had a return on equity of 13.15% and a net margin of 8.44%. Chevron’s quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.05 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Chevron Co. will post 10.18 EPS for the current year.

Chevron Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 18th were issued a $1.63 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 18th. This represents a $6.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.18%. Chevron’s payout ratio is presently 71.65%.

About Chevron

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Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Chevron (NYSE:CVX)

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