CVXChevron Corporation

Energy

$212.05+38% 1Y

$212.05

$144.0152 weeks$215.84

Is it safe?

Mixed

Solid, nothing alarming. No accounting flags, quality moderate.

3 good, 2 neutral, 1 without data

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality5 / 9

Mixed fundamental signals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Insider conviction-$228.6M

Insiders were net sellers (-$228.6M, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026), selling is often routine.

Credit gradeAAderived · Jun 30, 2026

Rock-solid balance sheet, low leverage. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk24% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Relatively steady, low volatility. Worst drawdown -56% · now at/near its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitytop 9% of the market

Max drawdownbetter than 66% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can CVX take a bad year?

Chevron Corporation carries $27.5B of net debt at 0.51× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$27.5B

Net debt · as at Q2 2026 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable

Net debt / EBITDA: 0.51×
Net debt / EBITDA · 0.60× a year ago · the load is coming down
Interest cover: 21.5×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over
Annualised volatility: 24%
Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself