Top Oil Stocks Worth Watching - April 25th

Key Points

• ExxonMobil, Chevron, Canadian Natural Resources, ConocoPhillips and SLB are MarketBeat's five oil stocks to watch, selected because they had the highest dollar trading volume among oil companies in recent days.
• These companies span exploration/production, refining and oilfield services, and their share prices and dividends are closely tied to crude oil movements, geopolitical and regulatory developments, and supply-demand dynamics—making them a way to gain energy exposure but subject to significant commodity-driven volatility.

ExxonMobil, Chevron, Canadian Natural Resources, ConocoPhillips, and SLB are the five Oil stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. "Oil stocks" are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business is the exploration, production, refining, transportation, or servicing of crude oil and petroleum products. Their prices and dividends are closely tied to movements in crude oil prices, geopolitical and regulatory developments, and industry supply-and-demand dynamics, making them a way for investors to gain exposure to the energy sector but with significant commodity-driven volatility. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Oil stocks within the last several days.

ExxonMobil (XOM)

ExxonMobil 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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Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ)

Canadian Natural Resources Limited acquires, explores for, develops, produces, markets, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company offers light and medium crude oil, primary heavy crude oil, Pelican Lake heavy crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), and synthetic crude oil (SCO).

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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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SLB (SLB)

Schlumberger Limited engages in the provision of technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. The company provides field development and hydrocarbon production, carbon management, and integration of adjacent energy systems; reservoir interpretation and data processing services for exploration data; and well construction and production improvement services and products.

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