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Chevron (CVX) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Chevron (CVX - Free Report) closed at $120.84, marking a +1.63% move from the previous day. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 2.12%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 2.13%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 2.64%.

Heading into today, shares of the oil company had lost 6.25% over the past month, outpacing the Oils-Energy sector's loss of 8.07% and lagging the S&P 500's loss of 4.4% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from CVX as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be February 1, 2019. The company is expected to report EPS of $2.56, up 250.68% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $44.79 billion, up 19.07% from the prior-year quarter.

CVX's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $8.32 per share and revenue of $168.36 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +124.86% and +18.8%, respectively.

Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for CVX. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.32% higher. CVX is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Digging into valuation, CVX currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 14.29. This represents a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 11.33.

We can also see that CVX currently has a PEG ratio of 2.04. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. Oil and Gas - Integrated - International stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 1 based on yesterday's closing prices.

The Oil and Gas - Integrated - International industry is part of the Oils-Energy sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 23, putting it in the top 9% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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