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ConsensusBuy52 ratings
Bullish3465.4%
Neutral1426.9%
Bearish47.7%
Chevron Corporation · CVX · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025
Chevron maintains investment and shareholder-return focus amid execution risks
The supplied analysis supports a balanced view: Chevron's production growth, project ramp-ups, cost reductions, and shareholder returns provide operating support, but execution, commodity, downstream, regulatory, and geopolitical risks remain material. The evidence does not establish a standalone forward investment conclusion.
Reported Before market openNYSEEnergy
$460.77B market cap
80quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $2.42
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $47.40B
Revenue surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
-4.6%
Event window
SPY move
-0.5%
Same window
Abnormal move
-4.0%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.2×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+2.6%
Up to 20 sessions
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What changed
Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis places more emphasis on record production, the FGP ramp-up, new-energy expansion, and behind-the-meter power for data centers. It continues the prior focus on disciplined capex, cost reduction, shareholder returns, and execution risk.
Guidance delta
Management's guidance stance was maintained; the supplied analysis does not identify a new change versus the prior quarter.
Key takeaways
- Management emphasized production growth, project execution, cost reduction, and shareholder returns.
- The current analysis highlights new-energy and data-center power initiatives alongside core oil and gas growth.
- The supplied market reaction was negative on the event session, while the analysis does not establish a specific cause.
Management priorities
- Ramp major production projects and improve operating efficiency.
- Advance renewable diesel, green hydrogen, carbon-management, and power-generation initiatives.
- Maintain disciplined capital spending while returning cash to shareholders.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$233.21Current
$87Low
$186.33Average
$250High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 24, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 15, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 8, 2026 |
| HSBC | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 3, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 27, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 5, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Apr 22, 2026 |
| BNP Paribas | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Freedom Capital Markets | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Freedom Broker | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Redburn Atlantic | Sell | Neutral | Downgrade | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 1, 2024 |
| DZ Bank | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 6, 2024 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Underweight | Upgrade | May 31, 2023 |
| Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Underperform | Upgrade | Apr 4, 2023 |
| Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 24, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jun 9, 2022 |
| Redburn Partners | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jul 22, 2021 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 12, 2021 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Mar 17, 2021 |
| MKM Partners | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 24, 2020 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 24, 2020 |
| Bank of America | Underperform | Neutral | Downgrade | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Tudor Pickering | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 1, 2019 |
| Societe Generale | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Dec 19, 2018 |
| Berenberg | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Macquarie | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 3, 2018 |
| Argus | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | May 5, 2018 |
| Independent Research | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Dec 1, 2016 |
| CLSA | Buy | Outperform | Maintain | Nov 15, 2016 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Neutral | Upgrade | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Nomura | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 18, 2016 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 21, 2016 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 7, 2016 |
| Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Feb 24, 2015 |
| S&P Capital IQ | Buy | Strong Buy | Downgrade | Jan 31, 2014 |
| Scotia Howard Weil | Sector Perform | Sector Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 8, 2014 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 22, 2013 |
| Dahlman Rose | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Oracle Investment Research | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 1, 2013 |
| VTB Capital | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Sep 27, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $233.21. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $241 | $224.45 | +3.3% | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $234 | $211.98 | +0.3% | Oct 12, 2026 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $235 | $205.19 | +0.8% | Oct 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $250 | $205.58 | +7.2% | Sep 25, 2026 |
| HSBC | Kim Fustier | $250 | $205.58 | +7.2% | Sep 25, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $235 | $211.76 | +0.8% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | John Royall | $243 | $211.76 | +4.2% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $230 | $211.76 | -1.4% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $218 | $207.35 | -6.5% | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $208 | $200.01 | -10.8% | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $209 | $194.66 | -10.4% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $224 | $196.87 | -3.9% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $216 | $196.87 | -7.4% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $207 | $192.98 | -11.2% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $216 | $174.68 | -7.4% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Doug Leggate | $210 | $165.7 | -10.0% | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $230 | $184.69 | -1.4% | May 27, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $213 | $191.43 | -8.7% | May 26, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $214 | $190.51 | -8.2% | May 22, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $204 | $181.45 | -12.5% | May 11, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $216 | $192.66 | -7.4% | May 6, 2026 |
| UBS | Josh Silverstein | $220 | $190.54 | -5.7% | May 4, 2026 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $192 | $190.63 | -17.7% | May 4, 2026 |
| BNP Paribas | Lucas Herrmann | $174 | $188.18 | -25.4% | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $222 | $190.36 | -4.8% | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $212 | $211.15 | -9.1% | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Melius Research | Analyst unavailable | $205 | $183.71 | -12.1% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Analyst unavailable | $203 | $177.06 | -13.0% | Feb 3, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $212 | $174.3 | -9.1% | Feb 2, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $177.01 | -18.5% | Feb 2, 2026 |
| HSBC | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $177.01 | -22.8% | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $174 | $167.47 | -25.4% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $166 | $167.55 | -28.8% | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $168 | $166.98 | -28.0% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $189 | $167.08 | -19.0% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $174 | $155.2 | -25.4% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $172 | $155.87 | -26.2% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $206 | $150.71 | -11.7% | Dec 12, 2025 |
| HSBC | Analyst unavailable | $169 | $151.49 | -27.5% | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $160 | $152.92 | -31.4% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $165 | $152.57 | -29.2% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $158 | $154.02 | -32.2% | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $191 | $157.31 | -18.1% | Sep 15, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $186 | $151.04 | -20.2% | Aug 4, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $178 | $151.64 | -23.7% | Aug 1, 2025 |
| BNP Paribas | Lucas Herrmann | $140 | $134.54 | -40.0% | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $184 | $157.79 | -21.1% | Dec 9, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $155 | $153.97 | -33.5% | Nov 4, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $150 | $150.75 | -35.7% | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Bank of America Securities | Jean Ann Salisbury | $168 | $148.73 | -28.0% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $163 | $149.65 | -30.1% | Oct 10, 2024 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $168 | $149.7 | -28.0% | Oct 2, 2024 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $185 | $144.66 | -20.7% | Aug 6, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $177 | $144.77 | -24.1% | Aug 5, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Biraj Borkhataria | $180 | $148.55 | -22.8% | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Bob Brackett | $138 | $152.62 | -40.8% | Aug 2, 2024 |
| HSBC | Frank Lee | $200 | $160.38 | -14.2% | Jul 17, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Bob Brackett | $167 | $157.77 | -28.4% | Jul 17, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $175 | $162.72 | -25.0% | May 17, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $206 | $161.27 | -11.7% | Apr 30, 2024 |
| HSBC | Kim Fustier | $178 | $161.27 | -23.7% | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $204 | $157.62 | -12.5% | Apr 18, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $195 | $162.67 | -16.4% | Apr 11, 2024 |
| UBS | Josh Silverstein | $197 | $161.27 | -15.5% | Apr 8, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $190 | $161.6 | -18.5% | Apr 8, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $198 | $160.44 | -15.1% | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $200 | $154.55 | -14.2% | Mar 20, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $180 | $155.7 | -22.8% | Mar 14, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $170 | $147.89 | -27.1% | Feb 2, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $184 | $149.5 | -21.1% | Jan 8, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Bob Brackett | $182 | $147.64 | -22.0% | Nov 2, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $187 | $158.87 | -19.8% | Jul 31, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $188 | $152.8 | -19.4% | Jun 22, 2023 |
| J.P. Morgan | John M Royall | $170 | $150.62 | -27.1% | May 31, 2023 |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $212 | $164.04 | -9.1% | Mar 8, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $202 | $176.2 | -13.4% | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Edward Kelly | $87 | $176.56 | -62.7% | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $212 | $178.08 | -9.1% | Jan 3, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $199 | $168.72 | -14.7% | Dec 19, 2022 |
| BNP Paribas | Lucas Herrmann | $190 | $174.08 | -18.5% | Dec 14, 2022 |
| HSBC | Gordon Gray | $177 | $180.9 | -24.1% | Nov 1, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $159.97 | -18.5% | Sep 12, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $193 | $156.55 | -17.2% | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $187 | $166 | -19.8% | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Cowen & Co. | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $155.29 | -48.5% | Aug 15, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $185 | $163.78 | -20.7% | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $185 | $163.78 | -20.7% | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $166 | $141.88 | -28.8% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $141.43 | -18.5% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $189 | $139.58 | -19.0% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $150 | $138.92 | -35.7% | Jul 13, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $170 | $146.51 | -27.1% | Jul 5, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Manav Gupta | $202 | $156.87 | -13.4% | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $181 | $180.2 | -22.4% | Jun 8, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Jason Gabelman | $179 | $180.03 | -23.2% | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Cowen & Co. | Analyst unavailable | $179 | $176.83 | -23.2% | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $185 | $177.6 | -20.7% | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Barclays | Jeanine Wai | $196 | $177.6 | -16.0% | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $181 | $159.75 | -22.4% | May 3, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $159.24 | -18.5% | May 2, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $181 | $156.67 | -22.4% | May 2, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Sam Margolin | $197 | $159.75 | -15.5% | May 2, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $186 | $156.53 | -20.2% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $188 | $163.85 | -19.4% | Apr 22, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $165 | $172.53 | -29.2% | Apr 21, 2022 |
| UBS | Luiz Carvalho | $192 | $169.93 | -17.7% | Apr 9, 2022 |
| HSBC | Gordon Gray | $165 | $164.64 | -29.2% | Mar 21, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $166 | $166.72 | -28.8% | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $184 | $170.9 | -21.1% | Mar 11, 2022 |
| MKM Partners | John Gerdes | $157 | $158.65 | -32.7% | Mar 4, 2022 |
| Cowen & Co. | Jason Gabelman | $160 | $156.22 | -31.4% | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $160 | $156.22 | -31.4% | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Alastair Syme | $145 | $154.14 | -37.8% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Stephen Richardson | $145 | $154.14 | -37.8% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $173 | $154.14 | -25.8% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| DZ BANK AG | Werner Eisenmann | $167 | $154.14 | -28.4% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Sam Margolin | $168 | $154.14 | -28.0% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $170 | $154.14 | -27.1% | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $173 | $149.72 | -25.8% | Mar 1, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Doug Leggate | $167 | $144 | -28.4% | Feb 28, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Manav Gupta | $152 | $140.38 | -34.8% | Feb 25, 2022 |
| Cowen & Co. | Jason Gabelman | $140 | $135.55 | -40.0% | Feb 23, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $142 | $129.96 | -39.1% | Jan 31, 2022 |
| UBS | Jon Rigby | $150 | $130.61 | -35.7% | Jan 30, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $167 | $128.96 | -28.4% | Jan 16, 2022 |
| Argus Research | Bill Selesky | $127 | $111.36 | -45.5% | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Societe Generale | Irene Himona | $130 | $110.35 | -44.3% | Oct 22, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationChevron Corporation functions as a global energy and chemicals powerhouse, orchestrating its diverse operations worldwide. The company's business is organized into two primary divisions: Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment focuses on the full lifecycle of crude oil and natural gas, from their initial exploration and development to production and subsequent transportation. This also encompasses the processing, liquefaction, transit, and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as pipeline transport of crude oil and the movement, storage, and sale of natural gas. Additionally, this segment manages a facility dedicated to converting natural gas into liquid fuels. In contrast, the Downstream segment is tasked with refining crude oil into a variety of petroleum products.…
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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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