Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVX) Shares Purchased by Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC increased its position in shares of Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVX - Free Report) by 93.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 125,646 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after purchasing an additional 60,750 shares during the period. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC's holdings in Chevron were worth $18,504,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in Chevron by 3.0% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 17,111,051 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $2,676,957,000 after purchasing an additional 501,969 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its stake in Chevron by 4.9% during the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 13,570,971 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $2,122,772,000 after purchasing an additional 629,644 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Chevron by 1.0% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 13,021,023 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $2,036,846,000 after buying an additional 126,889 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in shares of Chevron by 55.5% in the second quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 8,537,859 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $1,335,492,000 after buying an additional 3,048,819 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Chevron by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,288,013 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $827,151,000 after buying an additional 68,548 shares during the period. 72.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Chevron

In related news, CEO Michael K. Wirth sold 164,600 shares of Chevron stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $160.13, for a total transaction of $26,357,398.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 4,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $685,356.40. This trade represents a 97.47 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.20% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CVX has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group lifted their target price on Chevron from $192.00 to $194.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. DZ Bank raised shares of Chevron from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $170.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Truist Financial lifted their target price on Chevron from $150.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Chevron from $170.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price target on shares of Chevron from $180.00 to $163.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Chevron has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $174.93.

Chevron Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of CVX stock opened at $161.30 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $289.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.73, a P/E/G ratio of 3.63 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. Chevron Co. has a fifty-two week low of $135.37 and a fifty-two week high of $167.11. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $150.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $152.63.

Chevron (NYSE:CVX - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Friday, November 1st. The oil and gas company reported $2.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $50.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $48.86 billion. Chevron had a net margin of 8.44% and a return on equity of 13.15%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.05 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Chevron Co. will post 10.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Chevron Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $1.63 per share. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.04%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 18th. Chevron's payout ratio is 71.65%.

Chevron Profile

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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