Ford, Devon Energy And Stifel Insiders Buy Shares, Should Investors Follow Their Lead?

Separation vessel at a Devon Enrgy plant in Alberta. (Photo by Adrian Greeman/Construction … [+] Photography/Avalon/Getty Images) Getty Images The CEO of Devon Energy (DVN), Richard Muncrief, ma...

Energy Stocks ConocoPhillips and Devon See Big Insider Buys

Two energy explorers whose stocks outperformed the broader market in 2022—a monster year for the sector—are slumping this year, but insiders at both companies recently bought up shares. ConocoPhillips...

Three Oil Stocks Exposed to Natural-Gas Plunge

Natural-gas prices have tumbled this year because of warm weather and high levels of gas in storage in Europe and elsewhere. U.S. prices are down 45% to $2.46 per million British thermal units. The dr...

Energy Earnings Could Drop 11%

After two years of skyrocketing growth, oil and gas earnings are now past their peak. The good thing for the stocks is that the peak was remarkably high, and the decline is likely to be very gradual. ...

It’s Pharma Time: Why Merck and Lilly Stock Are Buys, but not Pfizer.

My 2023 biotech outlook calls for continued momentum in name changes. I just need to figure out what the stocks will do. Last year, Respira Technologies became Qnovia. It’s run by a former tobacco exe...

Oil Dividend Stars Devon and Pioneer Face Tests After Payout Cuts

Some of the biggest outperformers in the U.S. energy sector— Pioneer Natural Resources and Devon Energy —cut their dividend payouts in the latest quarter as oil prices caused cash flow to slip. The cu...

5 Reasons Oil Could Climb Back to $100 a Barrel

Text size Demand for oil dropped over the summer as gas prices soared. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Oil could climb above $100 a barrel before the end of the year, reversing a steady drop in prices that ...

Devon Energy Buy Write Takes Dividend Tomorrow

There is an ex-dividend date tomorrow for Devon Energy (DVN), so if you own the stock through today’s close, you will earn a $1.55 per share payout from the oil and gas driller. – J.D. Devon Energy (D...

Paying Dividends: Energy Companies Dominate Top-Yielding Stocks

Devon Energy is one of the top-yielding stocks in the S&P 500 index. Zeytun Images/Dreamstime.com Text size Energy companies dominate the top-yielding stocks in the S&P 500 index as more oil a...

Evolving Oil And Gas Shale Boom Appears Poised For M&A Surge

Oil Pump Unit Pumping in the Eagle Ford in South Texas getty “Scale equals relevance” is a prevailing theme in the U.S. oil and gas shale world currently, and Devon EnergyDVN gained scale in the Eagle...

Shale Drillers Warn of Higher Costs as They Report Record Profits

Shale companies are reporting banner profits but are warning that inflation in the oil patch is leading them to increase their spending. Oil prices hovering around $110 a barrel in the second quarter ...

Devon Energy’s Rick Muncrief: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Rick Muncrief, CEO of Devon Energy Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg Text size Richard E. “Rick” Muncrief was a relatively under-the-radar executive at a small oil-and-gas explorer before the Covid pandem...

The Best Income Investments Now

Income-oriented investors, it’s time to celebrate. There are suddenly many more opportunities—in areas ranging from junk bonds to real estate investment trusts—after the bear markets in stocks and bon...

Diamondback Stock Jumps. Its Dividend Increase Is ‘Hard to Ignore.’

Diamondback Energy stock gained after announcing a dividend increase. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size Diamondback Energy surged on Tuesday after the oil explorer said it would increase its base d...

If There’s a Recession Coming, Not Even the Fed Could Stop It Now

The word recession is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Influential investor and philanthropist George Soros is talking about it in Davos. The Federal Reserve, on the day minutes are published, is cons...

Devon and 3 Other Energy Stocks That Are Worth a Look Now

Text size Pioneer and Devon were early proponents of a popular new dividend strategy. Goce Risteski/Dreamstime.com Investors used to evaluate energy companies on how quickly they were growing their oi...

Devon and 3 Other Energy Stocks That Are Gushing Cash

Text size Pioneer and Devon were early proponents of a popular new dividend strategy. Goce Risteski/Dreamstime.com Investors used to evaluate energy companies on how quickly they were growing their oi...

Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm

Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...

Exxon, Chevron, and Other Energy Producers Are Exercising Restraint

Text size The U.K. Fawley Refinery, owned by Esso Petroleum, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil. Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images U.S. energy companies are holding the line on capital spending and energy product...

Oil Prices Top $100, Yet Some Big U.S. Frackers Let Their Production Fall

Oil prices are at their highest in years and politicians want companies to pump more. But most large American frackers are standing pat, or even letting production decline, and instead are handing inv...

PepsiCo Raises Its Dividend, and Marriott and Hilton’s Payouts Make a Comeback

Text size PepsiCo stock yields 2.7%. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Baxter International , Devon Energy , and PepsiCo were among the large U.S. companies that announced dividend increases this week. In addit...

3 Energy Companies That Should Buy Back Stock: Analyst

Text size High oil prices have left producers awash in cash. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil-and-gas companies are pumping out billions of dollars in cash because of high commodity prices. Many of them...

These 3 Energy Companies Should Buy Back Stock, Analyst Says

Text size High oil prices have left producers awash in cash. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil-and-gas companies are pumping out billions of dollars in cash because of high commodity prices. Many of them...

6 Dividend Growth Stocks That Beat Commodities for Fighting Inflation

Text size Verizon Communications has a towering yield of 4.8%. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Is there such a thing as a meme metal? Humble nickel, used mainly to make stainless steel more workable, rece...

Look to the Energy Patch for a Dividend Bonanza. Devon Energy and Pioneer Natural Resources Look Good.

What was already going to be a challenging year for investors was further disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But in a market that has been lacking in certainty, income investors may want to ta...

Advances In Fracking – Low-Tech, High-Tech, And Climate-Tech.

Frac pumps inject frac fluid and sand into a well in Greeley, Colorado. Denver Post via Getty Images The Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference (HFTC) was held in The Woodlands, Texas, on February...

Gold Miner Barrick Unveils Variable Dividend That Could Mean a 3% Yield

Text size Barrick Gold produced 1.2 million ounces of gold in the fourth quarter. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Barrick Gold, one of the two largest gold mining companies in the world, plans to intr...

With Chevron Stock Near Record Highs, Analysts Are Divided

Text size A Chevron petroleum storage tank in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The oil giant missed analysts’ earnings estimates when it reported fourth-quarter results on Friday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images C...

Variable Dividends Are a Growing Trend in Resources and Energy. How to Play the Stocks.

For companies that pump out cash, dividends are a popular way to share some of it with their shareholders. But that cash-generation power may fluctuate, so many companies in the energy and resources s...

Exxon Could Go Even Bigger on Its Dividend

Text size David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Oil companies used to compete on how much crude they could produce. Now they’re competing on how much cash they can send back to investors. That dynamic could pay...