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Conocophillips
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Rating:74Outperform
Price Target:
$164.00
â–²(24.39% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/06/26
The score is driven primarily by strong financial performance—especially robust free cash flow and moderate leverage—plus a constructive earnings call emphasizing continued shareholder returns and a well-funded operating plan. Offsetting factors are normalized (lower) margins versus peak-cycle levels, mixed/neutral technical setup, and a valuation that appears reasonable rather than clearly cheap for a cyclical producer.
Positive Factors
Strong Free Cash Flow
Exceptional cash generation gives ConocoPhillips substantial capacity to fund development, reduce financial pressure, and return capital to shareholders. The strong conversion of earnings into cash also supports resilience through commodity cycles, although annual results can still fluctuate with prices and spending.
Negative Factors
Commodity-Cycle Margin Pressure
Profitability remains solid but is materially below peak-cycle levels, showing that earnings depend heavily on commodity prices and realized margins. This cyclicality can limit the durability of reported returns and make future cash generation less predictable even when production execution remains strong.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong Free Cash Flow
Exceptional cash generation gives ConocoPhillips substantial capacity to fund development, reduce financial pressure, and return capital to shareholders. The strong conversion of earnings into cash also supports resilience through commodity cycles, although annual results can still fluctuate with prices and spending.
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Conocophillips Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Revenue by Geography
Breaks down sales by country or region, revealing where the company earns money and how exposed it is to local price differentials, regulations, taxes, and export constraints. Geographic concentration can amplify regional risks or show diversification that smooths earnings across cycles.
Breaks down sales by country or region, revealing where the company earns money and how exposed it is to local price differentials, regulations, taxes, and export constraints. Geographic concentration can amplify regional risks or show diversification that smooths earnings across cycles.
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Market Cap
$170.27B
Dividend Yield2.29%
Average Volume (3M)6.29M
Price to Earnings (P/E)19.4
Beta (1Y)0.13
Revenue Growth9.47%
EPS Growth1.21%
CountryUS
Employees9,600
SectorEnergy
Sector Strength52
IndustryOil & Gas Exploration & Production
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)7.56
Shares Outstanding1,201,337,500
10 Day Avg. Volume5,645,501
30 Day Avg. Volume6,294,335
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.79
Price to Book (P/B)1.82
Price to Sales (P/S)1.99
P/FCF Ratio16.18
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.83
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.24
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit8.09
Enterprise Value/Ebitda5.14
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$150.18Price Target Upside13.91% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering20
EPS Forecast (FY)11.25
Revenue Forecast (FY)$72.82B
Conocophillips Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
ConocoPhillips is an energy company that engages in the global exploration, production, transportation, and marketing of various resources, including crude petroleum, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids (NGLs...
How the Company Makes Money
ConocoPhillips primarily makes money by producing and selling hydrocarbons—crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Revenue is largely volume-driven (production levels) and price-driven (realized commodity prices), with realized pri...
Conocophillips Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Aug 06, 2026
(Q2-2026)
| % Change Since: |
Next Earnings Date:Nov 05, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call emphasized multiple strong operational and financial achievements: production above guidance, record Permian volumes, large free cash flow generation ($4.2B), completed disposition target early, expanded LNG commercial portfolio (now 12 mtpa), and a strong balance sheet ($8.1B cash). Management reiterated a clear path to a $7B free cash flow inflection by 2029, ongoing cost reductions, and lower structural breakevens. The primary negatives were controllable: short-term production impacts and uncertainty from Qatar-related disruptions, modest near-term production lost to asset sales (~15k boe/d), investor skepticism about execution/timing of the long-term cash flow inflection, and the usual project timing risks. Overall, the positives substantially outweigh the manageable near-term negatives, while management presented a coherent plan to deliver on targets.Positive Updates
Strong Production & Record Permian
Total company production of 2.248 million boe/d in Q2 (above the high end of guidance); Permian achieved a new record of over 900k boe/d and Permian production was ~10% year-over-year on an underlying basis through the first half of FY26.
Negative Updates
Qatar Production Disruption & Uncertainty
Ras Laffan was largely shut in during Q2 with only limited volumes produced; Q3 guidance assumes a ramp through the quarter but management acknowledged meaningful uncertainty in the pace and throughput. Potential schedule impacts to NFE/NFS projects are expected in the order of months (not years), but uncertainty remains.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Production & Record Permian
Total company production of 2.248 million boe/d in Q2 (above the high end of guidance); Permian achieved a new record of over 900k boe/d and Permian production was ~10% year-over-year on an underlying basis through the first half of FY26.
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Company Guidance
Management reiterated full‑year guidance is unchanged and confirmed a target to return 45% of cash flow from operations to shareholders (averaged ~40% in H1, so H2 distributions to increase); Q3 production guidance is 2.290–2.320 million boe/d (Q2 production was 2.248 million boe/d, with Permian at a record >900k boe/d and ~15k boe/d removed for July non‑core sales); Q2 CFO was $7.2B, CapEx $3.0B, free cash flow $4.2B, and shareholder distributions were $3.0B (≈$2.0B buybacks + $1.0B dividends); the balance sheet held $8.1B cash & short‑term investments plus $1.2B liquid long‑term investments with leverage well below 1x; the company remains on track for LNG projects to start contributing in 2027, Willow first oil in early 2029, a $7B free‑cash‑flow inflection by 2029 (breakeven falling from mid‑$40s WTI today to the low‑$30s), completed its $5B disposition program ahead of schedule (including $1.7B of L48 sales in July), and added two 1 mtpa LNG offtakes to bring total commercial offtake to 12 mtpa.Conocophillips Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
78
Positive
Balance Sheet
74
Positive
Cash Flow
83
Very Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 63.34B | 58.94B | 54.74B | 56.14B | 78.49B | 45.83B |
| Gross Profit | 17.53B | 14.79B | 16.38B | 18.20B | 30.01B | 14.77B |
| EBITDA | 27.61B | 25.39B | 24.38B | 25.62B | 36.79B | 21.05B |
| Net Income | 9.28B | 7.99B | 9.24B | 10.96B | 18.68B | 8.08B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 124.26B | 121.94B | 122.78B | 95.92B | 93.83B | 90.66B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 7.69B | 6.98B | 6.11B | 6.61B | 9.24B | 6.59B |
| Total Debt | 23.29B | 23.44B | 25.35B | 19.63B | 17.19B | 19.93B |
| Total Liabilities | 58.91B | 57.45B | 57.98B | 46.65B | 45.83B | 45.26B |
| Stockholders Equity | 65.35B | 64.49B | 64.80B | 49.28B | 48.00B | 45.41B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 10.06B | 7.24B | 8.01B | 8.72B | 18.16B | 11.67B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 21.93B | 19.80B | 20.12B | 19.96B | 28.31B | 17.00B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -10.35B | -8.84B | -11.15B | -12.00B | -8.74B | -8.54B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -9.84B | -10.10B | -8.84B | -8.66B | -18.05B | -6.33B |
Conocophillips Technical Analysis
Positive
131.84
Price Trends
131.67
Positive
122.16
Positive
117.64
Positive
Market Momentum
3.34
Negative
74.74
Negative
96.93
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For COP, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 131.84 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 131.64, above the 50-day MA of 131.67, and above the 200-day MA of 117.64, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 3.34 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 74.74 is Negative, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 96.93 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for COP.
Conocophillips Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
79 Outperform | $80.05B | 12.23 | 22.38% | 2.58% | 17.13% | 24.89% | |
74 Outperform | $170.27B | 19.38 | 14.32% | 2.29% | 9.47% | 1.21% | |
74 Outperform | $44.12B | 14.21 | 8.55% | 4.91% | -4.74% | 4.59% | |
73 Outperform | $54.16B | 11.99 | 14.90% | 2.21% | 18.28% | -5.35% | |
71 Outperform | $54.77B | 38.20 | 4.22% | 2.08% | 21.45% | -63.30% | |
65 Neutral | $15.17B | 7.61 | 4.09% | 5.20% | 3.87% | -62.32% | |
65 Neutral | $60.65B | 9.38 | 18.97% | 1.67% | -10.74% | 91.14% |
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