Chevron Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported earnings of $3.5 billion ($2.00 per share - diluted) for first quarter 2025, compared with $5.5 billion ($2.97 per share - diluted) in first quarter 2024. Included in the quarter was a net loss of $175 million related to legal reserves and a tax charge due to changes in the energy profits levy in the United Kingdom that were partially offset by the fair value measurement of Hess Corporation shares. Foreign currency effects decreased earnings by $138 million. Adjusted earnings of $3.8 billion ($2.18 per share - diluted) in first quarter 2025 compared to adjusted earnings of $5.4 billion ($2.93 per share - diluted) in first quarter 2024. See Attachment 4 for a reconciliation of adjusted earnings.

Earnings & Cash Flow Summary

“This quarter reflected continued strong execution and progress on our objective to deliver superior shareholder value,” said Mike Wirth, Chevron’s chairman and chief executive officer. Over the last three years, Chevron has returned more than $78 billion of cash to shareholders. “Despite changing market conditions, our resilient portfolio, strong balance sheet, and consistent focus on capital and cost discipline position us to deliver industry-leading free cash flow growth by 2026.”

In Kazakhstan, following the completion of the Future Growth Project (FGP) at the company’s Tengizchevroil (TCO) affiliate, production ramped up to name-plate capacity. In the United States, Permian Basin production grew with increased efficiencies, first oil was recently achieved on the Ballymore project in the Gulf of America on time and on budget, and the company sold a majority interest in its East Texas gas assets.

Financial and Business Highlights

Financial Highlights

• Reported earnings decreased compared to last year primarily due to lower income from upstream and downstream equity affiliates, lower margins on refined product sales, unfavorable swings in tax items and foreign exchange effects, and lower realizations.
• Worldwide production was relatively flat from a year ago as the impacts of asset sales were mostly offset by growth at TCO (20 percent), in the Permian Basin (12 percent), and in the Gulf of America (7 percent).
• Capex in the first quarter of 2025 was lower than last year as the inorganic investment in power solutions for U.S. data centers was more than offset by lower spend in downstream. Affiliate capex was down primarily due to lower spend at TCO.
• Cash flow from operations was lower than a year ago mainly due to lower earnings and tax payments related to the Canadian asset sale that closed in fourth quarter 2024, partially offset by higher cash distributions from TCO.
• The company returned $6.9 billion of cash to shareholders during the quarter, including share repurchases of $3.9 billion and dividends of $3.0 billion.
• The company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of one dollar and seventy-one cents ($1.71) per share, payable June 10, 2025, to all holders of common stock as shown on the transfer records of the corporation at the close of business on May 19, 2025.

Business Highlights and Milestones

• Acquired 4.99 percent of Hess Corporation (Hess) common stock, reflecting continuing confidence in the consummation of the pending acquisition of Hess.
• Started production from the Ballymore field in the deepwater Gulf of America in April 2025, the latest in a series of project startups over the last year that are expected to increase our production to 300,000 barrels of net oil equivalent per day from the Gulf in 2026.
• Completed the sale of the company’s majority interest in East Texas gas assets for cash and multi-year capital carry, while retaining an overriding royalty interest.
• Completed the sale of certain non-operated U.S. midstream pipelines and facilities in April 2025 and received proceeds from the sale of assets in the Republic of Congo.
• Discovered oil at the non-operated Far South prospect in the deepwater Gulf of America in April 2025.
• Announced a simplified organizational structure to enable more effective execution, as part of the program that is targeted to reduce structural costs by $2-3 billion by the end of 2026.

Segment Highlights

Upstream

• U.S. upstream earnings were lower than the year-ago period primarily due to higher operating expenses, including a legal reserve, and lower liquids realizations, partly offset by higher natural gas realizations.
• U.S. net oil-equivalent production was up 63,000 barrels per day from a year earlier primarily due to higher production in the Permian Basin and Gulf of America, partly offset by lower production in the Rockies.

• International upstream earnings were lower than a year ago primarily due to lower liftings, lower affiliate earnings at TCO largely due to higher depreciation, depletion and amortization partly offset by higher production following FGP start-up, lower realizations, and unfavorable swings in tax items and foreign exchange effects, partly offset by lower operating expenses mainly from asset sales.
• Net oil-equivalent production during the quarter was down 56,000 barrels per day from a year earlier primarily due to asset sales in Canada and Republic of Congo, and withdrawal from Myanmar, partly offset by higher production in Kazakhstan following the start-up of the FGP at TCO.

Downstream

• U.S. downstream earnings were lower than the year-ago period primarily due to lower margins on refined product sales and a legal reserve.
• Refinery crude unit inputs increased 16 percent from the year-ago period primarily due to improved refinery reliability at the El Segundo, California refinery, the absence of a planned shutdown at the Pascagoula, Mississippi refinery, and increased capacity at the Pasadena, Texas refinery upon completion of the Light Tight Oil project.
• Refined product sales increased 4 percent compared to the year-ago period primarily due to higher demand for gasoline.

• International downstream earnings were lower compared to a year ago primarily due to lower margins on refined product sales and less favorable foreign currency effects.
• Refinery crude unit inputs decreased 5 percent from the year-ago period primarily due to a planned turnaround at the GS Caltex refinery in South Korea.
• Refined product sales decreased 2 percent from the year-ago period.

All Other

• All Other consists of worldwide cash management and debt financing activities, corporate administrative functions, insurance operations, real estate activities and technology companies.
• Net charges increased compared to a year ago primarily due to higher operating and interest expenses, partly offset by a favorable fair market valuation adjustment for Hess shares.

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy is essential to enabling human progress. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We aim to grow our oil and gas business, lower the carbon intensity of our operations and grow new businesses in renewable fuels, carbon capture and offsets, hydrogen, power generation for data centers, and emerging technologies. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

NOTICE

Chevron’s discussion of first quarter 2025 earnings with security analysts will take place on Friday, May 2, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. CT. A webcast of the meeting will be available in a listen-only mode to individual investors, media, and other interested parties on Chevron’s website at www.chevron.com under the “Investors” section. Prepared remarks for today’s call, additional financial and operating information and other complementary materials will be available prior to the call at approximately 5:30 a.m. CT and located under “Events and Presentations” in the “Investors” section on the Chevron website. Chevron also publishes a “Sensitivities and Forward Guidance” document with consolidated guidance and sensitivities that is updated quarterly and posted to the Chevron website the month prior to earnings calls.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures - This news release includes adjusted earnings/(loss), which reflect earnings or losses excluding significant non-operational items including impairment charges, write-offs, decommissioning obligations from previously sold assets, severance costs, gains on asset sales, legal reserves for ceased operations, fair value adjustments for investments in equity securities, unusual tax items, effects of pension settlements and curtailments, foreign currency effects and other special items. We believe it is useful for investors to consider this measure in comparing the underlying performance of our business across periods. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) as prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation to net income (loss) attributable to Chevron Corporation is shown in Attachment 4.

This news release also includes cash flow from operations excluding working capital, free cash flow and free cash flow excluding working capital. Cash flow from operations excluding working capital is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less net changes in operating working capital, and represents cash generated by operating activities excluding the timing impacts of working capital. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures and generally represents the cash available to creditors and investors after investing in the business. Free cash flow excluding working capital is defined as net cash provided by operating activities excluding working capital less capital expenditures and generally represents the cash available to creditors and investors after investing in the business excluding the timing impacts of working capital. The company believes these measures are useful to monitor the financial health of the company and its performance over time. Reconciliations of cash flow from operations excluding working capital, free cash flow and free cash flow excluding working capital are shown in Attachment 3.

This news release also includes net debt ratio. Net debt ratio is defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable securities as a percentage of total debt less cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable securities, plus Chevron Corporation stockholders’ equity, which indicates the company’s leverage, net of its cash balances. The company believes this measure is useful to monitor the strength of the company’s balance sheet. A reconciliation of net debt ratio is shown in Attachment 2.

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Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are: changing crude oil and natural gas prices and demand for the company’s products, and production curtailments due to market conditions; crude oil production quotas or other actions that might be imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producing countries; technological advancements; changes to government policies in the countries in which the company operates; public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, and any related government policies and actions; disruptions in the company’s global supply chain, including supply chain constraints and escalation of the cost of goods and services; changing economic, regulatory and political environments in the various countries in which the company operates; general domestic and international economic, market and political conditions, including the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East and the global response to these hostilities; changing refining, marketing and chemicals margins; the company’s ability to realize anticipated cost savings and efficiencies associated with enterprise structural cost reduction initiatives; actions of competitors or regulators; timing of exploration expenses; changes in projected future cash flows; timing of crude oil liftings; uncertainties about the estimated quantities of crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas reserves; the competitiveness of alternate-energy sources or product substitutes; pace and scale of the development of large carbon capture and offset markets; the results of operations and financial condition of the company’s suppliers, vendors, partners and equity affiliates; the inability or failure of the company’s joint-venture partners to fund their share of operations and development activities; the potential failure to achieve expected net production from existing and future crude oil and natural gas development projects; potential delays in the development, construction or start-up of planned projects; the potential disruption or interruption of the company’s operations due to war, accidents, political events, civil unrest, severe weather, cyber threats, terrorist acts, or other natural or human causes beyond the company’s control; the potential liability for remedial actions or assessments under existing or future environmental regulations and litigation; significant operational, investment or product changes undertaken or required by existing or future environmental statutes and regulations, including international agreements and national or regional legislation and regulatory measures related to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; the potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation; the risk that regulatory approvals and clearances related to the Hess Corporation (Hess) transaction are not obtained or are not obtained in a timely manner or are obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated by the company and Hess; potential delays in consummating the Hess transaction, including as a result of the ongoing arbitration proceedings regarding preemptive rights in the Stabroek Block joint operating agreement; risks that such ongoing arbitration is not satisfactorily resolved and the potential transaction fails to be consummated; uncertainties as to whether the potential transaction, if consummated, will achieve its anticipated economic benefits, including as a result of risks associated with third party contracts containing material consent, anti-assignment, transfer or other provisions that may be related to the potential transaction that are not waived or otherwise satisfactorily resolved; the company’s ability to integrate Hess’ operations in a successful manner and in the expected time period; the possibility that any of the anticipated benefits and projected synergies of the potential transaction will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the company’s future acquisitions or dispositions of assets or shares or the delay or failure of such transactions to close based on required closing conditions; the potential for gains and losses from asset dispositions or impairments; government mandated sales, divestitures, recapitalizations, taxes and tax audits, tariffs, sanctions, changes in fiscal terms or restrictions on scope of company operations; foreign currency movements compared with the U.S. dollar; higher inflation and related impacts; material reductions in corporate liquidity and access to debt markets; changes to the company’s capital allocation strategies; the effects of changed accounting rules under generally accepted accounting principles promulgated by rule-setting bodies; the company’s ability to identify and mitigate the risks and hazards inherent in operating in the global energy industry; and the factors set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” on pages 20 through 27 of the company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 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