What Should Investors Know About Chevron (CVX) Stock?

By Scott Lee • Monday, February 27 15:30 • Permanent Link

Is it worth buying Chevron stock at a price of $162.89? If this question is on your mind, make sure to check out the fundamentals of this large-cap company:

Chevron has logged a 19.68% 52 week change, compared to -9.23% for the S&P 500
CVX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -16.15% away from its mean target price of $194.26 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $18.29, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 8.91. The Energy & Transportation sector's average P/E ratio is None
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.047 in contrast to the Energy & Transportation sector's average P/B ratio is None
The current ratio is currently 1.47, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $37,628,000,000 and the average free cash flow growth rate is 229.17%
Chevron's revenues have an average growth rate of 15.17% with operating expenses growing at 3.98%. The company's current operating margins stand at 26.45%

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