OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp Has $211.73 Million Position in Chevron Corporation $CVX

OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp raised its holdings in Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVXFree Report) by 32.1% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,023,362 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after purchasing an additional 248,631 shares during the period. Chevron makes up 1.4% of OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest position. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp’s holdings in Chevron were worth $211,734,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Midwest Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Chevron during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Core Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Chevron in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in Chevron during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Basso Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in Chevron during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, Karpus Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Chevron during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Chevron

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 value of $73,416,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 278,045 shares in the company, valued at approximately $53,718,294. This trade represents a 57.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on CVX shares. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their price objective 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. Tudor Pickering upgraded Chevron from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of Chevron in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Zacks Research cut Chevron from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Chevron from $204.00 to $222.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. Nineteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $205.17.

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Chevron Stock Performance

NYSE:CVX opened at $194.72 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $387.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Chevron Corporation has a 1 year low of $146.49 and a 1 year high of $214.71. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $182.12 and a 200-day moving average of $183.83.

Chevron (NYSE:CVXGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The oil and gas company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.41. Chevron had a return on equity of 6.90% and a net margin of 5.79%.The business had revenue of $47.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $51.86 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.18 EPS. Chevron’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Chevron Corporation will post 15.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Chevron Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 19th were issued a dividend of $1.78 per share. This represents a $7.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 19th. Chevron’s dividend payout ratio is presently 123.40%.

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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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