Oil prices spur Chevron profit

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CHEVRON CORP. $163 is a buy. The company (New York symbol CVX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $326.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 3.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.chevron.com) is the second-largest integrated oil producer in the U.S. by revenue after ExxonMobil (New York symbol XOM). Thanks to rising crude prices, Chevron’s revenue in the second quarter of 2022 jumped 82.9%, to $68.76 billion from $37.60 billion a year earlier. Earnings before unusual items also soared to $11.4 billion ($5.82 a share) from $3.3 billion ($1.71). At the end of the quarter, Chevron had $14.4 billion remaining under its share buyback authorization. It subsequently increased that limit to $15 billion and expects to spend $3.75 billion on buybacks in the third quarter. With the March 2022 payment, Chevron raised your quarterly dividend by 6.0%. Investors now receive $1.42 a share instead of $1.34. The new annual rate of $5.68 yields 3.5%. Chevron is a buy. buy…