Oil & Gas Stocks In News: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and General Electric represent the energy sector dividend aristocrats of Buffet’s portfolio. Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi, a French pharmaceutical company, take up the healthcare portion. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock performance was 0.63% in last session and finished the day at $74.49. Traded volume was 5.25million shares in the last session and the average…

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Mega-cap Active Runners: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seventeen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, American Banking News reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Johnson…

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Hot Movers: VMware (NYSE:VMW), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)

Equities researchers at Jefferies Group upped their price target on shares of VMware Inc (NYSE:VMW) from $114.00 to $124.00 in a research report issued on Friday, Stock Ratings News reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Jefferies Group’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 15.25% from the stock’s previous…

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