Exxon and 6 Other Energy Picks With Earnings Upside

Energy stocks have trailed the S&P 500 this year, as earnings for most companies are expected to fall from 2022 levels. The sector is healthy but investors are less interested now that oil and nat...

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. ...

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...

Rates Are Rising and Stocks Are Taking a Beating. It Won’t End Soon.

Text size The market reacted violently to the Federal Open Market Committee, which hiked the federal-funds rate target by half a percentage point for only the second time this century. Spencer Platt/G...

Apple, IBM, and 14 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends

Text size IBM plans to raise its dividend. Migel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Apple, International Business Machines, and Discover Financial Services were among the large U.S. companies that announced ...

Occidental, Devon, and 7 Other Energy Stocks That Look Particularly Cheap

Text size Energy stocks are undervalued, some analysts say. Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Energy stocks were the S&P 500’s top performers last year, rising 48%. They’re leading the pack again i...

Occidental, Hess, and 3 Other Oil Companies With Big Earnings Momentum

Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in Los Angeles. The oil company has benefited from the increase in demand for petroleum products like diesel fuel. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Text size Some energy...

These 14 Stocks Paused Dividends Early in the Pandemic. Here’s Where Their Payouts Are Now.

Ford Motor is among the dividend payers that have restored their once-suspended payouts at a lower level than before the pandemic. Courtesy of Ford Text size Although there are some large U.S. compani...

5 Energy Stocks Poised for Cash Gains

Text size Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil companies have just begun reporting fourth-quarter earnings, and analysts expect many of them to show large increases in free cash flow. Investors have been parti...