Top Oil Stocks Worth Watching - March 1st

Key Points

• MarketBeat names Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), and ConocoPhillips (COP) as the top oil stocks to watch, based on the highest dollar trading volume over the past several days.
• These majors operate across global upstream and downstream businesses—exploration, production, refining, LNG and pipelines—providing direct commodity-driven revenue and often attractive dividends for investors.
• Although energy is leading in 2026, the article warns the oil majors may face headwinds; investors should monitor crude prices, geopolitical developments, and regulatory changes that make these stocks cyclical and risk-sensitive.

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 publicly traded companies whose primary business involves the exploration, production, refining, transportation, or marketing of crude oil and petroleum products. For investors, these stocks are grouped in the energy sector and tend to be cyclical and sensitive to crude-oil prices, geopolitical events, and regulatory changes, often offering exposure to commodity-driven revenue and sometimes attractive dividends. 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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