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Chevron Corporation (CVX)

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103.26+0.30 (+0.29%)

At close: 4:02PM EDT

103.50 +0.24 (0.23%)
Pre-market: 4:00AM EDT

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Earnings estimate	Current qtr. (Mar 2021)	Next qtr. (Jun 2021)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
No. of analysts	20	20	29	27
Avg. Estimate	0.88	1.35	5.44	6.3
Low estimate	0.44	0.58	3.55	4.16
High estimate	1.1	2.08	9.77	9.57
Year ago EPS	1.29	-1.59	-0.2	5.44

Revenue estimate	Current qtr. (Mar 2021)	Next qtr. (Jun 2021)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
No. of analysts	5	5	10	10
Avg. Estimate	30.37B	32.11B	135.1B	140.54B
Low estimate	27.5B	29.65B	123.28B	134.41B
High estimate	33.14B	33.93B	152.31B	149.85B
Year ago sales	31.5B	22.1B	94.69B	135.1B
Sales growth (year/est)	-3.60%	45.30%	42.70%	4.00%

Earnings history	30/03/2020	29/06/2020	29/09/2020	30/12/2020
Est. EPS	0.68	-0.88	-0.26	0.07
Actual EPS	1.29	-1.59	0.11	-0.01
Difference	0.61	-0.71	0.37	-0.08
Surprise %	89.70%	-80.70%	142.30%	-114.30%

EPS trend	Current qtr. (Mar 2021)	Next qtr. (Jun 2021)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
Current estimate	0.88	1.35	5.44	6.3
7 days ago	0.93	1.3	5.33	6.29
30 days ago	0.92	1.31	5.32	6.27
60 days ago	0.62	0.86	3.71	5.2
90 days ago	0.63	0.83	3.54	5.27

EPS revisions	Current qtr. (Mar 2021)	Next qtr. (Jun 2021)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
Up last 7 days	1	2	2	2
Up last 30 days	6	7	8	6
Down last 7 days	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Down last 30 days	2	1	1	2

Growth estimates	CVX	Industry	Sector(s)	S&P 500
Current qtr.	-31.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next qtr.	184.90%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Current year	2,820.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next year	15.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 years (per annum)	-4.90%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Past 5 years (per annum)	13.40%	N/A	N/A	N/A