Lower crude prices hurt Chevron

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CHEVRON CORP. $144 is a buy. The integrated oil producer (New York symbol CVX; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $259.2 billion; Dividend yield: 4.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.chevron.com) raised your quarterly dividend by 7.9% with the March 2024 payment. Investors now receive $1.63 a share instead of $1.51. The new annual rate of $6.52 yields 4.5%. With this increase, Chevron has lifted its annual dividend for the last 37 years. In the quarter ended September 30, 2024, revenue fell by 6.3%, to $50.67 billion from $54.08 billion a year earlier. Lower crude oil prices offset higher production volumes. Excluding one-time items, Chevron earned $4.53 billion, down 20.8% from $5.72 billion a year earlier. Due to fewer shares outstanding, per-share earnings fell 17.7%, to $2.51 from $3.05. Chevron is still a buy. buy. …