Promising Oil Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - January 4th

Key Points

• MarketBeat's stock screener highlights Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX) and ConocoPhillips (COP) as the oil stocks to watch, noting they had the highest dollar trading volume among oil stocks in recent days.
• Oil-stock performance is closely tied to crude prices, global demand and geopolitics, and these stocks carry sector-specific risks like commodity volatility, regulatory changes and large capital-expenditure cycles.
• All three are major, globally operating energy firms with diverse businesses—Exxon in upstream and products, Chevron in upstream/downstream (including carbon capture and LNG activity), and ConocoPhillips in E&P, LNG and oil sands—making them sensitive to both commodity and regional developments.

Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips are the three Oil stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Oil stocks are shares of companies whose primary business is the oil industry — including exploration and production (E&P), refining, distribution, and oilfield services — that trade on public markets. Their performance is closely tied to crude oil prices, global demand and geopolitics, and they carry sector-specific risks such as commodity volatility, regulatory changes, and capital expenditure cycles. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Oil stocks within the last several days.

Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

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Chevron (CVX)

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.

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ConocoPhillips (COP)

ConocoPhillips explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids in the United States, Canada, China, Libya, Malaysia, Norway, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company's portfolio includes unconventional plays in North America; conventional assets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; global LNG developments; oil sands assets in Canada; and an inventory of global exploration prospects.

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