Oxbow Advisors LLC Sells 5,811 Shares of Chevron Corporation $CVX

Oxbow Advisors LLC lowered its position in Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVXFree Report) by 6.7% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 81,423 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 5,811 shares during the quarter. Chevron comprises approximately 1.4% of Oxbow Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Oxbow Advisors LLC’s holdings in Chevron were worth $16,846,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Chevron by 9.1% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 152,605,988 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $23,698,184,000 after purchasing an additional 12,789,399 shares in the last quarter. Berkshire Hathaway Inc boosted its position in shares of Chevron by 6.6% in the 4th quarter. Berkshire Hathaway Inc now owns 130,156,362 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $19,837,131,000 after purchasing an additional 8,091,570 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Chevron by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 43,613,011 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $6,620,187,000 after acquiring an additional 134,890 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its position in 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 worth $5,492,377,000 after purchasing an additional 961,341 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Chevron during the fourth quarter valued at $3,727,586,000. Institutional investors own 72.42% of the company’s stock.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director John B. Hess sold 380,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.20, for a total transaction of $73,416,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 278,045 shares in the company, valued at $53,718,294. This trade represents a 57.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CVX has been the topic of several research reports. HSBC upgraded shares of Chevron from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, March 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of Chevron in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Chevron from $192.00 to $213.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Zacks Research cut Chevron from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Chevron in a research note on Tuesday, June 23rd. Nineteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Chevron currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $205.71.

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Chevron Price Performance

Shares of CVX opened at $169.06 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $183.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $180.61. The stock has a market cap of $336.71 billion, a PE ratio of 29.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 0.50. Chevron Corporation has a 1-year low of $145.58 and a 1-year high of $214.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Chevron (NYSE:CVXGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 1st. The oil and gas company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.41. The firm had revenue of $47.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $51.86 billion. Chevron had a net margin of 5.79% and a return on equity of 6.90%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.18 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Chevron Corporation will post 15.52 EPS for the current year.

Chevron Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 19th were paid a dividend of $1.78 per share. This represents a $7.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 19th. Chevron’s dividend payout ratio is 123.40%.

Chevron Profile

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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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