Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC Cuts Position in Chevron Corporation $CVX

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Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC cut its holdings in Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVXFree Report) by 73.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 60,167 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 167,235 shares during the period. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC’s holdings in Chevron were worth $9,170,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. D.B. Root & Company LLC boosted its position in Chevron by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. D.B. Root & Company LLC now owns 5,552 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $846,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Fox Hill Wealth Management boosted its stake in Chevron by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Fox Hill Wealth Management now owns 3,443 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $525,000 after acquiring an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its position in shares of Chevron by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 930 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $142,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. MMA Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Chevron by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. MMA Asset Management LLC now owns 1,820 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $277,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Finally, EWA LLC increased its stake in shares of Chevron by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. EWA LLC now owns 2,182 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $333,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. 72.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CVX has been the topic of several research analyst reports. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Chevron from $204.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their target price on Chevron from $216.00 to $204.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Barclays upped their price target on Chevron from $192.00 to $213.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $216.00 price objective on shares of Chevron in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Chevron from $179.00 to $242.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Chevron presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $205.70.

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Chevron Trading Down 2.3%

Shares of CVX stock opened at $173.51 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $187.02 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $179.05. 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 Corporation has a 1 year low of $142.40 and a 1 year high of $214.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $345.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.07, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 0.48.

Chevron (NYSE:CVXGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The oil and gas company reported $1.41 earnings per share (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 the consensus estimate of $51.86 billion. Chevron had a return on equity of 6.90% and a net margin of 5.79%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.18 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that Chevron Corporation will post 15.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Chevron Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 19th were paid a $1.78 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 19th. This represents a $7.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. Chevron’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 123.40%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider R. Hewitt Pate sold 40,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $213.30, for a total value of $8,574,660.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 8,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,842,485.40. This represents a 82.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director John B. Hess sold 380,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.20, for a total transaction of $73,416,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 278,045 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $53,718,294. This represents a 57.75% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 615,200 shares of company stock valued at $118,022,760. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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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