Here's a Quick Look Into the Fundamentals of Chevron Stock

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, November 23 15:10 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Chevron over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Oil & Gas Integrated stock at a price of $144.33? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Chevron has moved -21.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
CVX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -20.36% away from its mean target price of $181.22 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $13.47
Chevron has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.57 and its forward P/E ratio is 9.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.65 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Chevron is part of the Energy sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 7.54 and an average P/B of 1.68
CVX has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -39.8% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $18.23 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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; liquefaction, transportation, and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; and processing, transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant. The Downstream segment refines crude oil into petroleum products; markets crude oil, refined products, and lubricants; manufactures and markets renewable fuels; transports crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car; and manufactures and markets commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives. The company was formerly known as ChevronTexaco Corporation and changed its name to Chevron Corporation in 2005. Chevron Corporation was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.

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