NYSE:COPConocoPhillips Stock Price, Forecast & News

ConocoPhillips' stock was trading at $32.56 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, COP shares have increased by 29.5% and is now trading at $42.18. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ConocoPhillips in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 17 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for ConocoPhillips.

ConocoPhillips is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for ConocoPhillips.

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The energy producer reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.22. The energy producer earned $4.81 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.55 billion. ConocoPhillips had a net margin of 11.51% and a return on equity of 10.02%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.00 earnings per share. View ConocoPhillips' earnings history.

ConocoPhillips announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View ConocoPhillips' dividend history.

ConocoPhillips announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 4th 2020, which authorizes the company to repurchase $10,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 15.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

21 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for ConocoPhillips' shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $79.00. On average, they anticipate ConocoPhillips' stock price to reach $56.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for ConocoPhillips.

News coverage about COP stock has trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ConocoPhillips earned a coverage optimism score of -4.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the energy producer a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutConocoPhillips.

ConocoPhillips saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,080,000 shares, a drop of 12.9% from the April 30th total of 16,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View ConocoPhillips' Current Options Chain.

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ConocoPhillips trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "COP."

ConocoPhillips' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.00%), State Street Corp (4.95%), Capital International Investors (2.39%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.54%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.54%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.03%). Company insiders that own ConocoPhillips stock include David Thomas Seaton, Don E Jr Wallette, Ellen Desanctis, Glenda Mae Schwarz, Janet Langford Kelly, Ryan Michael Lance and William L Jr Bullock. View institutional ownership trends for ConocoPhillips.

COP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Wellington Management Group LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., and Pictet Asset Management Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold ConocoPhillips company stock in the last year include Ellen Desanctis, and William L Jr Bullock. View insider buying and selling activity for ConocoPhillips.

COP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Capital International Investors, BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cullen Capital Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. View insider buying and selling activity for ConocoPhillips.

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One share of COP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.18.

ConocoPhillips has a market capitalization of $45.24 billion and generates $36.67 billion in revenue each year. The energy producer earns $7.19 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.59 on an earnings per share basis. ConocoPhillips employs 10,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for ConocoPhillips is www.conocophillips.com.

ConocoPhillips' mailing address is 925 N. ELDRIDGE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX, 77084. The energy producer can be reached via phone at 281-293-1000 or via email at [email protected]