The gloom hanging over Chevron's (NYSE: CVX) stock didn't evaporate on Monday. The energy giant's shares fell by almost 3% in price on a day when the S&P 500 index lost a comparatively modest 1.3%. Investors were still glum about the company's latest earnings release, a mood that was darkened by a pair of analyst price target cuts. 

On Frida, Chevron reported its final quarter of 2022 results. The company missed net earnings by a wide chalk, and the market did not react with understanding or sympathy. This, despite the fact that the energy incumbent beat convincingly on revenue and notched a new all-time high for annual operating cash flow (of almost $50 billion, an astounding figure by any measure).

But the earnings miss was the development that most stuck in the minds of not a few investors and several analysts. Before market open on Monday, Morgan Stanley's Devin McDermott made a slight downward adjustment to his Chevron price target to $195 per share from the preceding $197. He's keeping his lukewarm equalweight (hold, in other words) recommendation on the stock.

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