ConocoPhillips (COP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is a Houston-based international energy company focused on exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Formed in 2002 through the merger of Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Company, the firm operates as an independent upstream company that explores for, develops and produces crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids across a portfolio of global assets.

The company’s activities span conventional and unconventional resources and include onshore and offshore operations in multiple regions around the world. ConocoPhillips produces and markets hydrocarbons to a broad set of customers and participates in field development, drilling, reservoir management and midstream arrangements necessary to bring production to market. In 2012 the company completed a major corporate reorganization that separated its downstream and midstream businesses into Phillips 66, enabling ConocoPhillips to concentrate on upstream operations.

ConocoPhillips serves markets in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and other regions through a mix of wholly owned and joint-venture assets. The company emphasizes portfolio management, operational efficiency and technology-driven reservoir development in its strategy. As of mid-2024, Ryan M. Lance serves as chairman and chief executive officer, leading the company’s focus on delivering production growth, managing capital allocation and addressing operational and environmental performance across its global asset base.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $113.80 to $115.20
• 50-Day Range: $110.07 to $133.94
• 52-Week Range: $84.28 to $135.87
• Volume: 1.98 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.54 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $140.96 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.66
• Dividend Yield: 2.90%
• Price Target: $133.04
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

ConocoPhillips Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ConocoPhillips scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 77th out of 247 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

ConocoPhillips has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.68, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 16 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

ConocoPhillips has a consensus price target of $133.04, representing about 16.0% upside from its current price of $114.70.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ConocoPhillips has been the subject of 20 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -14.42%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for ConocoPhillips are expected to decrease by -14.42% in the coming year, from $9.50 to $8.13 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ConocoPhillips is 19.45, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.46.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ConocoPhillips is 19.45, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 17.24.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

ConocoPhillips has a PEG Ratio of 1.60. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ConocoPhillips has a P/B Ratio of 2.20. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for COP.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

ConocoPhillips pays a meaningful dividend of 2.95%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ConocoPhillips does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of ConocoPhillips is 57.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, ConocoPhillips will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.33% next year. This indicates that ConocoPhillips will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.99

News Sentiment

ConocoPhillips has a news sentiment score of 0.99. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 38 news articles for ConocoPhillips this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 47 people have searched for COP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -52% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

30 people have added ConocoPhillips to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ConocoPhillips insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $93,345,692.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.09% of the stock of ConocoPhillips is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.36% of the stock of ConocoPhillips is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/2 Dividend: 2/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/2 Dividend: 2/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/02/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/30/2026
• Today: 5/11/2026
• Record date for 6/1 Dividend: 5/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/1 Dividend: 5/11/2026
• AGM 2026: 5/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - US INTEGRTD
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NYSE:COP
• CIK: 1163165
• Web: www.conocophillips.com
• Phone: (281) 293-1000
• Fax: 281-293-1440
• Employees: 9,900
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for ConocoPhillips: $133.04
• High Price Target: $160.00
• Low Price Target: $102.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.68
• Research Coverage: 28 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.89
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.10
• P/E Growth: 1.6
• Net Income: $7.99 billion
• Net Margins: 12.10%
• Pretax Margin: 19.10%
• Return on Equity: 11.39%
• Return on Assets: 6.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.34
• Current Ratio: 1.29
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $61.55 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.27
• Cash Flow: $16.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.17
• Book Value: $52.19 per share
• Price / Book: 2.20

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,218,290,000
• Free Float: 1,217,198,000
• Market Cap: $140.02 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.14