Ken Griffin's Hedge Fund Increased Its Stake By Over 150% In These 2 Dividend-Paying Energy Stocks

Kenneth Griffin, who began trading stocks in his Harvard dorm in 1987, is the founder, CEO and co-CIO of Citadel Advisors.

In 2002, Griffin established Citadel Securities, now one of the leading market makers in the world.

During the GameStop GME short squeeze fiasco, Griffin was questioned by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California), over whether online brokers like Robinhood Markets HOOD get the best deals for their clients by sending customer trades through Citadel Securities. 

In November 2021, Robinhood and Citadel Securities won the dismissal of a meme stock lawsuit that alleged the firms were colluding and the market maker pressured brokerages to restrict trades.

Here are two dividend paying energy stocks in which Citadel Advisors has increased its position.

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Phillips 66 PSX is offering a dividend yield of 3.46% or $3.88 per share annually, utilizing quarterly payments, with a notable track record of increasing its dividends for three consecutive years. Phillips 66 has been in business for more than 140 years and is a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company with unique businesses in refining, midstream, chemicals and marketing and specialties.

During the third quarter, Phillips 66 funded $466 million of dividends and $694 million of share repurchases, returning $1.2 billion to shareholders.

Citadel purchased over 2.4 million shares of Phillips 66 during the third quarter, increasing the fund's stake by 195%. The hedge fund also owns roughly 10,377 in call options contracts and 24,501 put options contracts.

Chevron Corporation CVX is offering a dividend yield of 3.05% or $5.68 per share annually, using quarterly payments, with an aristocratic track record of increasing its dividends for 35 consecutive years.

Chevron is the second-largest oil company in the United States and its production activities take place in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Bloomberg reported in March 2022 that Chevron has doubled its stock buyback plan to approximately $10 billion.

In the third quarter, Griffin increased its stake in Chevron by 289% to over 1.7 million shares with roughly 41,764 call options contracts and 33,855 put options contracts.

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