Chevron Corp CVX
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Chevron Corp is a mega-cap company in the Energy sector (Oil & Gas Integrated), with a market value of $405.4B, based in the USA.
It employs about 43,039 people and has been listed since Oct 19, 2001.
Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations. It operates through Upstream and Downstream segments. The Upstream segment engages in the exploration for, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; carbon capture and storage; and operation of a gas-to-liquids plant.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 19.9 versus 19.1 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 54% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 15.2 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 224.62, 9% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 85% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The share count grew 14% in a year — each share owns a smaller slice of the company.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 18 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (20 vs 1).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 54% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (3.4% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 1.1% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLE +1.3%).
This week's news
- Why Jim Cramer Calls Chevron (CVX) the King and Enbridge (ENB) the Yield Play finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Jim Cramer Views Intel (INTC) As A Winning Turnaround Amid CPU Demand Growth finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Jim Cramer Likes the Nat-Gas Liquids Business and Highlights This Stock finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Jim Cramer Says This 7.6%-Yielding Energy Stock Can Cover Its Dividend “and Then Some” finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Energy sector overshadows in Q3 as seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-03
- Energy sector outperforms S&P 500 in Q3 as oil prices rise seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-03
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.