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ExxonMobil and Chevron: Who Will Post Better Results?
ExxonMobil and Chevron are expected to post dull numbers in the third quarter. They’re scheduled to report their third-quarter earnings on November 1.
Will Shell’s Q2 Earnings Outperform Peers?
Shell’s Q2 earnings are expected to rise year-over-year.
What to Expect from Suncor Stock in the Next Month
Implied volatility in Equinor (EQNR) has risen by 1.5 percentage points over April 1, 2019, to the current level of 27.3%.
Chevron Stock Recovers in June, Valuation Stays Tall
In the second quarter, Chevron (CVX) stock has risen 1% due to a 10% recovery in June. The company’s peers have put up a mixed performance in the second quarter.
Top Energy Gainers Last Week
Laredo Petroleum (LPI) and Gulfport Energy (GPOR) were the second and fifth-largest gainers among energy stocks last week.
Will Analysts’ Ratings for BP Strengthen?
For BP, six analysts recommended a “buy” or “strong buy” rating, four recommended a “hold” rating, and one recommended a “sell” rating.
What Is CVX’s Price Forecast Range following Its Q1 Results?
Chevron’s (CVX) first-quarter earnings fell due to its lower Upstream and Downstream earnings.
What’s Total’s Price Forecast?
Total (TOT) announced its first-quarter earnings on April 26, 2019.
Shell Stock: Price Range Forecast ahead of Q1 Earnings
In this post, we’ll look at Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDS.A) stock price forecast range for ten days ahead of its earnings.
What’s the Forecast for Total Stock ahead of Q1 Earnings?
Implied volatility in Total has fallen by 8.0 percentage points since January 2 to 18.5%.
How Total Stock Compares to Oil Prices and Markets
Since January 2, Total stock has risen by 5.5%.
Short Interest in BP Surges ahead of Its Q1 Results
Short interest in BP (BP) has risen by 0.04 percentage points since March 12, 2019, to its current level of 0.20%.
Where Do Analysts’ Ratings for BP Stand ahead of Its Earnings?
BP is expected to post its first-quarter earnings results on April 30, 2019. In this article, we’ll review analysts’ ratings for BP ahead of its earnings release.
Has BP Stock Risen ahead of Its Q1 Earnings Release?
BP’s (BP) earnings are expected to fall in the first quarter driven by lower upstream and weaker downstream earnings.
Chevron Stock’s Forecast Range ahead of Its Earnings
In this article, we’ll consider Chevron (CVX) stock’s price forecast range for the 16 days leading up to its earnings based on its implied volatility.
Why Has Chevron Stock Surged ahead of Its Earnings?
In this article, we’ll review Chevron’s (CVX) performance ahead of its first-quarter earnings release.
What’s ExxonMobil Stock Price Forecast until March 29?
The implied volatility in ExxonMobil stock has fallen by 12.0 percentage points since January 2 to the current level of 18.1%.
Cowen Downgraded ExxonMobil: Analysts’ Ratings
Cowen downgraded ExxonMobil stock from “outperform” to “market perform” due to the company’s capex.
Why Has Short Interest in Shell Plunged?
Short interest (as a percentage of outstanding shares) in Shell has fallen marginally from 0.13% on January 2, 2019, to its current level of 0.09%.
Do Shell’s Moving Averages Suggest Optimism?
In the current quarter, Shell published its fourth-quarter earnings results, which exceeded analysts’ estimates.
Wall Street Analysts’ Views on Shell
Of the 11 analysts covering Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), nine (82%) recommend “buy” or “strong buy,” and two recommend “hold.”
Analyzing Chevron’s Stock Price Forecast after Its Q4 Earnings
Chevron’s stock price could close between $121.2 and $115.5 per share in the seven days ending February 8.
ExxonMobil’s Stock Price Forecast after Its Q4 Earnings
ExxonMobil’s stock price could close between $77.7 and $74.2 per share in the seven days ending February 8.
Where Do Analyst Ratings for Shell Stand after Q4 Earnings?
Shell improved its overall financial position in 2018.
Has Suncor Stock Risen before Its Q4 Earnings?
Suncor’s fourth-quarter operational update had a positive impact on the stock. The company provided the update early in January.
What’s the Forecast for Total Stock ahead of Its Q4 Results?
In this article, we’ll look at Total’s (TOT) stock price forecast range, based on its implied volatility, for the 16 days leading up to its earnings.
What Analysts Recommend for BP
BP has a healthy upstream project pipeline, which is likely to bring in volume growth for the company.
Chevron: Analysts’ Recommendations
In January, 23 analysts rated Chevron (CVX). Among the analysts, 17 (or 74%) recommended a “buy” or “strong buy.”
Analyzing Chevron’s Stock Returns
In the past month, Chevron stock has decreased 1.9%, WTI has decreased 1.3%, and SPY has decreased 1.2%.
Here’s the Forecast for XOM’s Price Leading Up to Its Q4 Earnings
In this article, we’ll look at ExxonMobil’s (XOM) stock price forecast range based on its implied volatility for the 21 days leading up to its earnings.
What’s Total Stock’s Price Forecast until the End of the Quarter?
Implied volatility in Total has risen by 8.1 percentage points over October 1, 2018, to the current level of 27.2%.
What Total’s Moving Averages Suggest
In the previous part, we saw that Total (TOT) stock has fallen 21% in the current quarter.
Total Stock Has Fallen 21% This Quarter
Total (TOT) stock has fallen 21% in the fourth quarter so far.
BP Trades above the Peer Average
Currently, BP trades at a forward PE ratio of 10.7x, which is above its peer average of 10.6x.
What to Expect from Shell Stock by the End of 2018
The implied volatility in Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) has risen by nine percentage points compared to October 1 to the current level of 26%.
Shell’s 50-Day Moving Average Fell More
Shell’s 50-day moving average has declined 4% in the fourth quarter. Shell stock has fallen 15% in the fourth quarter.
Wall Street Analysts Are Bullish on Shell
Ten Wall Street analysts cover Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A). Of these, eight analysts rate Shell stock as a “buy” or “strong buy.”
What’s ExxonMobil’s Stock Price Forecast?
ExxonMobil reported its third-quarter earnings on November 2. The implied volatility in ExxonMobil fell by 2.5 percentage points to 19.5%.
Chevron’s Implied Volatility and Price Range
The implied volatility in Chevron has risen by 6.3 percentage points since September 24 to 22.9%. Chevron stock has fallen 4.4%.
How Has ExxonMobil Stock Performed ahead of Its Q3 Earnings?
Now, let’s review ExxonMobil’s stock performance before its third-quarter results.
Total: Has the Short Interest Risen?
The short interest in Total (TOT) has risen 0.05% since July 2, the beginning of the third quarter, to the current level of 0.10%.
What’s the Forecast for Suncor Stock?
The implied volatility in Suncor (SU) has fallen by 6.6 percentage points compared to July 2 to the current level of 19.6%.
What’s Total’s Stock Price Forecast until the Quarter’s End?
Now let’s consider Total’s implied volatility to forecast its stock price range leading up to September 28.
BP Stock Forecast through the End of the Quarter
Implied volatility in BP has fallen 5.8 percentage points from July 2 to the current level of 17%.
What’s BP Stock’s Forecast Range following Its Q2 2018 Earnings?
BP reported its earnings results on July 31. On the day, its implied volatility fell 4.3 percentage points to 16.5%.
How Do Analysts Rate Shell?
Seven analysts have assigned a “buy” or “strong buy” rating to Shell, and one analyst has assigned a “hold” rating.
Forecasting ExxonMobil’s Stock Price Up until Its Q2 Release
In this part, we’ll forecast ExxonMobil’s (XOM) stock price based on its implied volatility up until its earnings release, which is slated for July 27.
How Will Chevron Trend Leading Up to Its Second-Quarter Results?
In this article, we’ll look at Chevron’s (CVX) stock price forecast range for the 16-day period leading up to its earnings based on its implied volatility.
Analyzing Wall Street’s Targets for INT, PBR, and YPF
Of the three analysts covering World Fuel Services (INT) on June 27, one recommended “strong buy,” one recommended “hold,” and one recommended “sell.”
Are Hedge Funds Selling DK, PBF, YPF, and TOT?
In this part of our series, we’ll take a look at how hedge funds are positioning themselves in the leading gainers and decliners from the refining and marketing sector and integrated energy sector this week.
Integrated Energy Losses This Week: PTR, YPF, CVE, PBR, and SU
PetroChina (PTR) fell ~7.7% from the previous week’s close of $84.18 to $77.72 on June 14.
Has Short Interest in Shell Declined in Q2 2018?
Shell has observed a fall in its short interest from 0.22% on April 2 to the current level of 0.11%.
Are Hedge Funds Buying CVRR, INT, SU, and YPF?
In the first quarter, 12 hedge funds bought CVR Refining’s (CVRR) stock and three sold of CVRR stock. So the total buying hedge funds outnumbered the total selling hedge funds by nine.
Will 1Q18 Earnings Affect Analyst Ratings for BP?
BP plans to balance its organic cash flow at the oil price point of $50 per barrel in 2018.
Some Analysts Cut Target Price on ExxonMobil after 1Q18 Earnings
Eight analysts have assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings to ExxonMobil stock, 12 have assigned a “hold” rating, and three have assigned a “sell” or “strong sell.”
BP: Analysts’ Ratings before Its 1Q18 Earnings
For BP, five analysts assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings, six analysts assigned “hold” ratings, and one analyst assigned a “sell” rating.
How Analysts Rate ExxonMobil Stock ahead of 1Q18 Earnings
ExxonMobil (XOM) is a financially strong company with comfortable leverage and a good liquidity position.
What ExxonMobil’s Moving Averages ahead of 1Q18 Earnings Suggest
Currently, XOM’s 50-day moving average stands 5.2% below its 200-day moving average.
Why Short Interest in CVX Has Fallen ahead of Earnings
Chevron (CVX) has seen a fall in its short interest (as a percentage of outstanding shares) by 0.2 percentage points at the end of March to the current level of 1.1%.
Target Prices for Chevron ahead of Q1 Earnings
In this series, we reviewed the estimates for Chevron’s (CVX) 1Q18 earnings. We then looked at its segmental outlook and stock performance before its earnings release.
Chevron’s Moving Averages ahead of Earnings
Before we look at Chevron’s (CVX) moving average since January 2, let’s briefly look at how moving averages trended until then.
Where Analysts’ Ratings for Shell Stand ahead of Its Earnings
Shell (RDS.A) is rated by 11 Wall Street analysts. Of this total, ten analysts (or 91%) have assigned it “buy” or “strong buy” ratings.
Integrated Energy Losses this Week: CEO, PBR, YPF, PTR
To conclude our series on the biggest movers in the energy sector, we’ll look at the biggest losses from the US integrated energy sector this week.
What Do ExxonMobil’s Latest Moving Averages Suggest?
At the beginning of 1Q17, ExxonMobil (XOM) stock fell. ExxonMobil’s 50-day moving average, which stood below its 200-day moving average, slid further down.
Chevron’s 50-Day Moving Average Weakens
Chevron’s (CVX) 50-day moving average slid down but stayed above its 200-day moving average in 1Q17.
Shell Stock Slumps: Where Will It Be by March 30?
In this part of our series, we’ll look at Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDS.A) stock price estimate based on its current implied volatility.
Integrated Energy Losses this Week: IMO, PBR, YPF, RDS.A, CEO
In this part of our series, we’ll look at the biggest losses in the US integrated energy sector for the week that began on March 12.
Why Are Wall Street Analysts Divided on ExxonMobil?
ExxonMobil (XOM) stock is covered by 24 Wall Street analysts. Seven of them (or 29%) have given the stock a “buy” or “strong buy” recommendation.
Why Short Interest in BP Rose
BP (BP) has seen a marginal rise in its short interest (percentage of outstanding shares) from 0.16% on February 2 to the current level of 0.22%.
What’s BP’s Stock Price Forecast?
Implied volatility in BP has risen by 5.1% since January 2, 2018, to the current level of 18.9%.
Will Analysts Raise Ratings for BP after 4Q17 Earnings?
Post-earnings, BP has been rated by a total of 11 analysts. Of the total, five analysts have assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings, five have assigned “hold” ratings, and one has assigned a “sell” rating on the stock.
Where Chevron’s Analyst Ratings Stand after Its 4Q17 Earnings
Of the 23 analysts covering Chevron, 13 analysts assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings, nine assigned “hold” ratings, and one assigned a “sell” rating for the stock
Chevron Stock Fell 6% on Its 4Q17 Earnings Miss
Chevron (CVX) announced its 4Q17 results on February 2, 2018. CVX opened the day at $123.90 per share, which was lower than its previous close of $125.60.
What’s Shell’s Valuation after 4Q17 Earnings?
Shell is trading at a forward PE of 13.7x, which is below its peer average of 15.5x.
Why Short Interest in BP Has Plunged
BP (BP) has observed a fall in its short interest (percentage of outstanding shares) from 0.3% on October 2 to the current level of 0.2%, which usually shows that stock’s bearish sentiment has decreased.
Chevron’s Moving Averages Trend Upward
Chevron’s moving averages In this part, we’ll look at Chevron’s (CVX) moving averages. Let’s start with its moving averages in the first nine months of 2017. In the beginning of 2017, Chevron’s 50-DMA (day moving average) slid down but stayed above its 200-DMA. The downtrend in Chevron stock extended to 2Q17. As WTI (West Texas […]
How ExxonMobil’s Short Interest Compares
Short interest in XOM ExxonMobil’s (XOM) short interest (as a percentage of outstanding shares) has fallen from 0.9% on October 2, 2017, to 0.8%, implying that bearishness in the stock has decreased. Over the same period, ExxonMobil stock has risen 6.8%. Why the fall in bearishness? Oil prices significantly impact upstream business earnings, and WTI […]
What ExxonMobil’s Moving Averages Suggest
ExxonMobil’s moving averages in 2017 In 1Q17, ExxonMobil (XOM) stock fell. ExxonMobil’s 50-day moving average, which was below its 200-day moving average, slid further down. ExxonMobil’s downtrend halted in the second quarter with its better-than-expected 1Q17 earnings. However, as WTI (West Texas Intermediate) plunged, XOM stock remained pressured. In 3Q17, ExxonMobil’s 50-day moving average stayed below its 200-day […]
How Analysts Rate Shell
Shell’s mean price target has risen 16% over December 2016 to $70 per share in December 2017.
YPF Is Analysts’ Top Integrated Energy Pick
YPF’s high percentage of “buy” ratings could be due to the regulated environment in the Argentinian energy industry.
Here Are Analysts’ Top 10 Integrated Energy Picks
In this series, we’ll rank the top ten global integrated energy firms based on the “buy” ratings received from Wall Street analysts.
Chart in Focus: Shell’s Valuations
Shell is trading at a forward PE multiple of 15.6x, below its peer average of 16.5x.
These Stocks Were Biggest Losers in Energy Sector Last Week
In the week ended November 10, 2017, upstream stock Cobalt International Energy (CIE) ranked first on our list of top energy losers.
Chart in Focus: Analyst Ratings for CVX after Its 3Q17 Earnings
Of the 24 analysts covering Chevron (CVX) stock, 16 analysts assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings, seven assigned “hold” ratings, and one assigned a “sell” rating.
Shell: Analysts’ Recommendations and Target Price
For Shell, ten analysts assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings, one assigned a “hold,” and no analysts assigned “sell” or “strong sell” ratings.
How BP’s PEG Ratio Compares to Its Peers
BP’s PEG ratio stands at 0.36, below the peer average of 0.39.
Statoil Stock Ranks 2nd in the Top 10 Integrated Stocks
Statoil (STO) stock’s correlation coefficient versus WTI for the past one-year period stood at 0.67, implying a strong positive correlation.
Energy Stocks: Top 5 Losers Last Week
On August 25–September 1, 2017, oilfield services stock CARBO Ceramics (CRR) was the largest loser among our list of energy stocks.
What BP’s PEG Ratio Tells Us
BP’s PEG ratio stands at 0.30, which is below the peer average of 0.34.
What Happened with BP’s Leverage in 2Q17?
BP’s (BP) net-debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio stood at 1.7x in 2Q17—below the average industry ratio of 2.0x.
Shell on the Street: Analyst Ratings after the 2Q17 Earnings
Of the 11 analysts tracking Shell, ten (91%) analysts have assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings, while one (9%) has assigned a “hold” rating.
Suncor’s Stock Performance before Its 2Q17 Earnings
Overall, Suncor stock has fallen 4.8% since April 3, 2017.
What BP’s Price-To-Earnings-To-Growth Ratio Reveals
BP’s price-to-earnings-to-growth ratio Previously, we looked at BP’s (BP) short interest. In this part, we’ll switch to a valuation analysis, beginning with the PEG (price-to-earnings-to-growth) ratio. The ratio represents a stock’s valuation after factoring in its expected future growth rate. We’ll use a mean estimate, which is arrived at by considering BP’s mean price-to-earnings ratio […]
What Chevron’s PEG Ratio Reveals
Chevron’s PEG ratio stands at 0.16, which is below the peer average of 0.22.
Is Argentina on the Path to Recovery in 2017?
The leading economic index in Argentina rose 3.0% in May 2017 compared to 0.70% in April 2017.
How Does Shell’s PEG Compare to Its Peers?
Shell’s PEG ratio stands at 0.31, above the peer average of 0.26.
Analyzing Schlumberger’s Stock Price on May 12
In the past year, Schlumberger (SLB) stock fell 2% until May 12, 2017. In the past year, Schlumberger has underperformed OIH.
BP on the Street: Analyst Ratings Prior to the 1Q17 Results
Of the 11 analysts covering BP stock, four (36%) have assigned “buy” or “strong buy” ratings, while seven (64%) have assigned “holds.” None has assigned a “sell.”
BP’s Beta: Is the Stock Less Volatile than Peers?
In this part of our series, we’ll compare BP’s (BP) beta with its peers. We considered 90-day beta, which shows how much a stock moves for a given move in the market each day for 90 days.
How Chevron’s Leverage Position Compares
Chevron’s leverage position In this part, we’ll evaluate Chevron’s (CVX) leverage position. Chevron’s net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) stood at 2.6x in 4Q16. Chevron’s ratio is above the average industry ratio of 2.1x. The industry average considers 13 integrated energy companies worldwide, including Suncor Energy (SU), Eni (E), Total (TOT), ExxonMobil […]