Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 4,524 Shares of Chevron Corporation $CVX

Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVXFree Report) by 17.9% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 29,803 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after buying an additional 4,524 shares during the period. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Chevron were worth $6,166,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Chevron by 9.1% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 152,605,988 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $23,698,184,000 after buying an additional 12,789,399 shares during the period. Berkshire Hathaway Inc boosted its position in shares of Chevron by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. Berkshire Hathaway Inc now owns 130,156,362 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $19,837,131,000 after purchasing an additional 8,091,570 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Chevron by 0.3% during 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 purchasing an additional 134,890 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Chevron by 2.7% during the fourth 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 period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in Chevron in the fourth quarter worth approximately $3,727,586,000. 72.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CVX has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Zacks Research lowered Chevron from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Chevron from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $210.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Chevron from $225.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their price target on shares of Chevron from $216.00 to $204.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane upgraded shares of Chevron from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $174.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Friday, April 17th. Nineteen equities research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $205.71.

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Insider Activity at Chevron

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

Chevron Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSE CVX opened at $169.06 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $183.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $180.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $336.71 billion, a P/E 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.

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 for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.41. Chevron had a net margin of 5.79% and a return on equity of 6.90%. The company had revenue of $47.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $51.86 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.18 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Chevron Corporation will post 15.52 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Chevron Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 19th were issued 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 of this dividend was Tuesday, May 19th. Chevron’s payout ratio is currently 123.40%.

About Chevron

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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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