Snapshot
Chevron had a market capitalisation of $405.1 billion as of September 24, 2026. Revenue was $189.0 billion, net income was $12.5 billion, and diluted EPS was $6.63 in FY2025.
In Q2 FY2026, revenue was $70.1 billion, gross profit was $32.2 billion, operating income was $16.7 billion, and net income was $12.2 billion. Diluted EPS was $6.11 in Q2 FY2026. Revenue in Q2 FY2026 was higher than the preceding reported quarters, while operating income and net income also exceeded the preceding reported quarters shown.
Growth
Revenue was $189.0 billion in FY2025, with revenue growth of −6.79% in FY2025 against FY2024. Revenue compound annual growth was −8.44% in FY2022–FY2025 and 14.8% in FY2020–FY2025.
Diluted EPS was $6.63 in FY2025 and declined −31.8% in FY2025 against FY2024. Diluted EPS compound annual growth was −28.7% in FY2022–FY2025; the FY2020–FY2025 measure was not meaningful: a value at one end is zero or negative.
Free cash flow was $16.6 billion in FY2025, up 10.3% in FY2025 against FY2024. In Q2 FY2026, revenue increased 44.1% and diluted EPS increased 450.5% in Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, while free cash flow was $18.1 billion in Q2 FY2026 after −$1.5 billion in Q1 FY2026.
Profitability
Gross margin was 40.0% in FY2025, up 1.1 percentage points in FY2024–FY2025 but down −1.9 percentage points in FY2020–FY2025. Operating margin was 10.4% in FY2025, down −3.1 percentage points in FY2024–FY2025 and up 18.3 percentage points in FY2020–FY2025. Net margin was 6.60% in FY2025, down −2.1 percentage points in FY2024–FY2025 and up 12.5 percentage points in FY2020–FY2025.
Return on equity was 7.12%, return on assets was 4.23%, and return on invested capital was 5.44% in FY2025. Each return measure was lower in FY2025 than in FY2024. In Q2 FY2026, gross margin was 46.0% and operating margin was 23.8%.
Balance sheet
Total debt was $40.8 billion and net debt was $34.5 billion in FY2025. Cash and short-term investments were $6.3 billion in FY2025, while shareholders’ equity was $192.2 billion in FY2025. Working capital was $5.2 billion in FY2025.
Net debt was $28.5 billion in Q2 FY2026, compared with $40.1 billion in Q1 FY2026. The current ratio was 1.3× and debt to equity was 0.2× in Q2 FY2026. Net debt in Q2 FY2026 remained above $25.4 billion in Q2 FY2025.
Cash flow & capital return
Operating cash flow was $33.9 billion in FY2025, up 7.77% in FY2025 against FY2024. Capital expenditure was $17.3 billion in FY2025, and free cash flow was $16.6 billion in FY2025. Free cash flow represented 132.9% of net income in FY2025.
Dividends paid were $13.1 billion and net share repurchases were $11.9 billion in FY2025. Capital returned to shareholders was $24.9 billion in FY2025 and $104.7 billion in FY2021–FY2025. Weighted average shares were 1.8 billion shares in FY2025, with the share count changing −1.12% in FY2020–FY2025. Free cash flow was $18.1 billion in Q2 FY2026.
Valuation
Chevron’s market capitalisation was $405.1 billion as of September 24, 2026. Its P/E was 19.6× as of September 24, 2026, higher than its 14.4× five-year median as of September 24, 2026, over the five fiscal years to FY2025. Its P/S was 1.9× and P/B was 2.1× as of September 24, 2026, above their respective five-year medians of 1.4× and 1.7× as of September 24, 2026, over the five fiscal years to FY2025.
EV/Sales was 2.0× and EV/Cash flow was 16.1× as of September 24, 2026, higher than their five-year medians of 1.5× and 14.8× as of September 24, 2026, over the five fiscal years to FY2025. EV/Sales was also above its 1.6× ten-year median as of September 24, 2026, over the ten fiscal years to FY2025.
What changed since last quarter
Revenue rose 44.1% in Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, reaching $70.1 billion in Q2 FY2026. Diluted EPS rose 450.5% in Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026 to $6.11 in Q2 FY2026. Gross margin increased 6.9 percentage points and operating margin increased 15.7 percentage points in Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026. Net debt decreased −$11.6 billion in Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026.
Against Q2 FY2025, revenue increased 56.3%, diluted EPS increased 321.4%, and free cash flow increased 272.0% in Q2 FY2026. Gross margin increased 8.8 percentage points and operating margin increased 14.6 percentage points in Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025. No management explanation for these changes is reported.
Open questions
- What factors drove the quarter-to-quarter changes in revenue, margins and earnings?
- What explains the change in weighted average shares during the latest quarter?
- How was the increase in total debt during the latest fiscal year used?
- What portion of the latest-quarter cash generation is recurring versus period-specific?