BP to Exit 20% Stake in Russia’s Rosneft

Russia’s aggressions in Ukraine prompted reactions from companies such as BP and United Parcel Service as well as Norway’s sovereign wealth fund as the world continues to raise pressure on President V...

Oil Is Surging. Why Oil Stocks Are Down.

Text size Oil prices are higher, but concerns about economic growth are weighing on oil stocks. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices soared on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine. But oil stocks were ...

How Oil Could Hit $150. It’s Not Just About Russia.

Text size West Texas intermediate crude oil was trading near $94 a barrel on Monday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images By one measure, oil prices could rise to $150 a barrel this year, which would be the hig...

Oil is the hottest sector, and Wall Street analysts see upside of up to 48% for favored stocks

Energy is the best-performing stock-market sector this year. Given today’s strong economic growth and inflation, many believe oil prices could remain at current levels for years or maybe even move hig...

Exxon Stock Has Surged. A Big Investor Sold $120 Million of Shares.

Text size Exxon Mobil shares have surged with the rise in oil prices. Director Jeff Ubben’s Inclusive Capital Partners recently sold $120 million of the energy giant’s stock. Spencer Platt/Getty Image...

BP Posts Bumper Profit and New Round of Buybacks

Text size BP Exploration Alaska headquarters Getty Images Surging oil and gas prices last year helped BP post its highest profit since 2012, allowing the company to reduce debt and announce more share...

ConocoPhillips, CME Group and Others Boosted Dividends

Energy exploration and production giant ConocoPhillips (ticker: COP) said it will pay an ordinary dividend of 46 cents a share and a second-quarter variable return of cash of 30 cents a share. That’s ...

Exxon Remakes Corporate Structure Ahead of Tuesday Earnings

Text size Exxon Mobil is moving its headquarters. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Exxon Mobil is remaking its corporate structure, elevating its low-carbon operations to its own division, and even moving i...

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...

U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday

Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...

Comcast, Chevron, and 7 More Companies That Just Boosted Their Stock Dividends

Text size Comcast raised its dividend this week. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images for Comcast Chevron , Comcast , and Kimberly-Clark were among the many U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this wee...

‘We Were Wrong’ About Exxon’s Prospects, Analyst Says

Text size Scott Olson/Getty Images A former bear on Exxon Mobil has changed his tune, and acknowledged that he underestimated the company’s comeback last year. RBC Capital Markets analyst Biraj Borkha...

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...

23 dividend stocks that can pass this strict quality screen

Stocks are expensive. You’ve probably been hearing that for years, and based on traditional price-to-earnings ratios it’s true. If you invest now in a broad index, such as the benchmark S&P 500 SP...

These are the stocks Wall Street analysts heavily favor for 2022 and also expect to rise the most

As the coronavirus pandemic has stretched out, investors have continued to pour money into stocks, in part because the alternatives have been dismal. Why bother with 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds that y...

Tesla, Novavax, Exxon Mobil: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today

Updated Jan. 3, 2022 7:22 am ET Stock futures are rising ahead of the first trading session of the new year. Here’s what we’re watching in Monday’s action: Tesla TSLA -1.27% shares jumped 7.6% ahead o...

Royal Dutch Shell Stock Is One of Barron’s Top Picks for 2022

Text size Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images This article is an excerpt from Barron’s 10 favorite stocks for 2022. To see the full list, click here. Energy supplies could be tight and prices high for years....