Chevron (CVX) Stock: Oil Price Doldrums, Pipeline Deal & Analysts’ Forecasts – What’s Next?
Chevron closed at $153.08 on Oct. 17, up 0.9% for the day and steady in the $150–154 range despite oil price swings. The company sold DJ Basin pipeline assets for over $2 billion and completed the Hess acquisition in July. Q2 net earnings fell to $1.45/share from $2.43 a year earlier as lower oil prices and merger costs weighed on results. Wall Street remains mostly bullish, with an average price target near $170.