NYSE: COP

ConocoPhillips (COP) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Nov 4 close

$136.94−7.46 (−5.2%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryNov 4 close

ConocoPhillips heads into its third-quarter report, due 5 November, with attention on the first quarterly test for new CEO Andy O'Brien following the earlier transition from Ryan Lance. Coverage frames the setup around the company's pure-play upstream focus, with analysts anticipating year-over-year growth in EPS and revenue alongside a sequential decline from the second quarter. Separately, Jay Woods of Freedom Capital Markets described ConocoPhillips as a low-risk, high-reward way to invest in oil, while other previews note shareholder payout commitments being watched against volatile oil prices.

The stock closed at $136.94, down 5.2% on the day, sitting just above its 50-day average of $136.69 and above its 200-day average of $121.99, with the 50-day still above the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 57.6, placing it in the Neutral zone. Price stands 36.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $216.72.

Earnings arrive 5 November, zero days away, placing the report inside the next 20-trading-day window; the prior quarter beat estimates with EPS of $3.24 against a $2.96 estimate and a 2.2% reaction, part of a run of 7 beats in the last 8 quarters, with an average absolute reaction of 1.9%. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged -3.1% across 5 years, rising in just 1 of them. Consensus among 21 firms stands at 16 buy, 5 hold, 0 sell, with a target of $151.56.

Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

ConocoPhillips price vs fair value

▲$216.72$136.94Nov ’25May ’26Nov ’26
Close $136.94200-day averageGekko Fair Value $216.72

ConocoPhillips quick facts

Market cap
$164.5B
P/E ratio
20.4
Forward P/E
14.5
EPS, TTM
$7.20
Revenue, TTM
$64.46B
Profit margin
14.4%
Dividend yield
2.14%
Beta
0.16
Volume
11.16M avg 6.22M
1-year return
+54.6%
Typical daily move
±3.3%
Typical 20-day move
±5.7%
50-day average
$136.69
200-day average
$121.99
Next earnings
Nov 5
Shares outstanding
1.20B
52-week range
$85.57$154.28

ConocoPhillips swing-trade checklist

ConocoPhillips scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

2 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds

  • Trendsupportive

    Above 50 and 200-day

    Close $136.94 is above the 50-day ($136.69) and 200-day ($121.99) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    57.6, Neutral

    Reading 57.6 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    36.8% below

    Price is 36.8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports tomorrow

    Reports on Nov 5, 2026, tomorrow — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalityheadwind

    −3.1% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −3.1% over 5 years, rising in 1 of them.

    See seasonality

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ConocoPhillips stock chart and price history

ConocoPhillips closed at $136.94 on Nov 4, 2026, +54.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $85.57 to $154.28.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
ConocoPhillips share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$100$120DecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct136.94

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+5.9%
3 months
+17.3%
6 months
+15.2%
1 year
+54.6%
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About ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips works across the energy supply chain, finding, extracting, moving and selling resources such as crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas and natural gas liquids on a worldwide basis. Its work spans conventional drilling as well as harder-to-reach sources like tight oil, shale gas, heavy crude, oil sands and LNG projects, making it recognizable for the breadth of extraction methods it employs rather than a single resource type.

Its holdings are spread across regions and resource types, mixing unconventional assets in North America with established conventional operations across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company also holds interests in several LNG ventures, oil sands land in Canada, and a stockpile of exploration prospects, both conventional and unconventional, that could feed future output.

ConocoPhillips traces its founding to 1917 and runs its operations from Houston, Texas. Its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker COP.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Energy minerals
Industry
Oil & gas production
Website
conocophillips.com

ConocoPhillips GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

ConocoPhillips’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 57.6, in the Neutral zone, up 12.2 points over five sessions.

010057.6Neutral

Up 12.2 points over five sessions.

Reading for Nov 4, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying28+2.3%+3.5%+6.0%+6.6%
Accumulation244+0.8%+1.3%+1.2%+1.7%
Neutral (current zone)379−0.2%−0.1%+0.7%+2.6%
Distribution45+1.3%+1.3%−0.4%−4.6%
Selling1Too few readings yet

Average COP share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

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Is ConocoPhillips stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

ConocoPhillips trades 36.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $216.72, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what ConocoPhillips shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$216.72

Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026

36.8% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 2.4% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$217$144Aug 2026SepOctNov 2026

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ConocoPhillips insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for ConocoPhillips, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for COP in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in COP were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

ConocoPhillips has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$2.00B
As a share of market cap
1.22%
Trailing four quarters
$5.39B

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

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ConocoPhillips earnings: next date and track record

ConocoPhillips reports on Nov 5, 2026 (tomorrow), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.

7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±1.9%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+4.7%Oct ’24−1.8%Feb ’25+1.0%May ’25+0.9%Aug ’25−1.0%Nov ’250.0%Feb ’26−3.9%Apr ’26+2.2%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 6, 2026 AI summary

What they said
ConocoPhillips reported a strong second quarter with production above the high end of guidance (2.248 MMboe/d), record Permian volumes (>900 Mboe/d), robust cash generation (operating cash flow ~$7.2B, free cash flow ~$4.2B), and increased shareholder distributions ($3B: ~$2B buybacks + $1B dividends). Management announced a CEO transition (Ryan Lance retiring Sept. 1; Andrew O'Brien named President and incoming CEO; Connie Haines Welsh named CFO). Full-year guidance items were reiterated as unchanged. Management reiterated the company is on track to deliver a $7B free cash flow inflection, target returning 45% of CFO to shareholders for the year, and expects capital expenditures to decline as projects (including Willow and LNG projects) come online and reinvestment rates and breakeven prices structurally fall (free cash flow breakeven from mid-$40s WTI to low-$30s by 2029). Operations: Ras Laffan (Qatar) experienced shutdowns in Q2 with limited volumes; management assumes a ramp in Q3 but notes uncertainty. New business activity: progressing transactions in Iraq (Kirkuk) and Syria, low-entry capital expectations, and additional LNG offtake added (2 mtpa, Indonesia and Gulf Coast). Technology and productivity improvements in the Lower 48 were described (real-time fracture diagnostics, surfactants, far-field diverters).
Guidance
Full-year guidance unchanged; targeting return of 45% of CFO to shareholders for the full year (averaged ~40% in H1, expecting higher in H2); reaffirmed on-track to deliver $7B free cash flow inflection; expect CapEx to decline from current levels (Willow peak CapEx described as behind the company); free cash flow breakevens expected to fall to low-$30s WTI by 2029; Iraq (Kirkuk) transaction expected to close around year-end with acquisition capital of $300-$500M at close.
Risks flagged
Geopolitical disruption: conflict affecting Qatar (Ras Laffan shutdown) with uncertain ramp timing and throughput; broader Middle East operational and political risks tied to new transactions; commodity-price volatility impacting cash flow and distributions; project execution and timing risks for major projects (Willow, LNG trains) and assumptions about achieving cost reductions; regulatory/permit risk (though management cited improved permitting environment).
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 6, 2026$3.24
est $2.96
+9.5%$19.52B
est $18.79B
+3.9%+2.2%
Apr 30, 2026$1.89
est $1.69
+11.8%$16.05B
est $15.62B
+2.8%−3.9%
Feb 5, 2026$1.02
est $1.07
−4.7%$14.19B
est $13.95B
+1.7%0.0%
Nov 6, 2025$1.61
est $1.41
+14.2%$15.03B
est $14.61B
+2.9%−1.0%
Aug 7, 2025$1.42
est $1.35
+5.2%$13.98B
est $14.68B
−4.8%+0.9%
May 8, 2025$2.09
est $2.05
+2.0%$16.46B
est $16.33B
+0.8%+1.0%
Feb 6, 2025$1.98
est $1.83
+8.2%$14.24B
est $14.45B
−1.5%−1.8%
Oct 31, 2024$1.78
est $1.64
+8.5%$13.60B
est $13.97B
−2.6%+4.7%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

ConocoPhillips stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for ConocoPhillips is $151.56, +10.7% from the last close, from 21 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$151.56consensus 12-month target, +10.7% from the last close
Low $126High $189
Buy16
Hold5
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 21 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Oct 28William BlairHold, initiated$167+22.0%
Oct 27Piper SandlerHold, initiated$157+14.6%
Oct 20SusquehannaBuy, maintained$175+27.8%
Oct 20Goldman SachsBuy, maintained$157+14.6%
Oct 15Morgan StanleyBuy, reiterated$151+10.3%
+0.7%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
−3.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

ConocoPhillips seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, ConocoPhillips averaged −3.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 1 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−3.0%2021−9.8%2022−4.5%2023−2.6%2024+4.4%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+0.5%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days−0.3%2 of 5
Next 15 trading days−3.4%0 of 5
Next 20 trading days−3.1%1 of 5
Next 30 trading days−5.7%1 of 5

For scale, COP’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.7%.

ConocoPhillips market cap and key statistics

ConocoPhillips’s market cap is $164.5B, with a P/E ratio of 20.4 and revenue of $64.46B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$164.5B
P/E ratio
20.4
Forward P/E
14.5
EPS, TTM
$7.20
Gekko Fair Value
$216.72

Trading

Volume
11.16M
Avg volume, 20 days
6.22M
52-week high
$154.28
52-week low
$85.57
Shares outstanding
1.20B

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$64.46B
Profit margin
14.4%
Return on equity
14.2%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+107.0%

Risk and income

Beta
0.16
Typical daily move
±3.3%
Typical 20-day move
±5.7%
Dividend yield
2.14%

ConocoPhillips peers

ConocoPhillips’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
FANGDiamondback Energy−3.9%Accumulation3.7% above
RRCRange Resources−2.3%Neutral17.8% above
ARAntero Resources−4.7%Neutral21.4% below
SMSM Energy−8.7%Buying7.2% below
MGYMagnolia Oil & Gas−4.2%Accumulation32.4% below
MURMurphy Oil−6.8%Accumulation0.4% below

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ConocoPhillips stock FAQ

What is ConocoPhillips’s market cap?

ConocoPhillips’s market cap is $164.5B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $136.94, with 1.20B shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 20.4.

What is the ConocoPhillips stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for ConocoPhillips is $151.56, +10.7% from the last close. Of the 21 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 16 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is ConocoPhillips stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate ConocoPhillips is undervalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $136.94 is 36.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $216.72. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does ConocoPhillips report earnings next?

ConocoPhillips is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026 (tomorrow). Analysts expect earnings of $3.05 per share on revenue of $18.59B. ConocoPhillips beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 1.9% on average across the report.

What is ConocoPhillips’s 52-week high and low?

ConocoPhillips’s 52-week high is $154.28 and its 52-week low is $85.57; it closed at $136.94 on Nov 4, 2026, +54.6% over the past year.

Is ConocoPhillips stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend and fair value), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 2 as headwinds (earnings risk and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

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