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.
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:16 pm ET.
ConocoPhillips trades at $131.83, down 1% on the day but sitting above both its 50-day ($125.54) and 200-day ($114.88) averages, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 55.9, placing the stock in the Neutral zone. Shares remain 40% below Gekko Fair Value of $219.54. Over the past year the stock has returned 40.5%, with a 22.4% gain over three months and a smaller 4.6% gain over six months.
This week's coverage centers on a leadership and capital-allocation narrative. New President and CEO Andy O'Brien reaffirmed commitment to the company's Bartlesville operations and discussed the cyclical nature of the oil and gas industry, following the announced CEO transition from Ryan Lance. Separately, ConocoPhillips sold 43,000 net acres in South Texas for $1.2 billion, a transaction tied to mineral-royalty structuring for landowners. Other coverage compared ConocoPhillips' buyback and dividend plans against ExxonMobil's, and noted shares falling as crude prices retreated on eased Saudi supply concerns and a smaller-than-expected U.S. inventory drawdown. Director Robert A. Niblock purchased 270 stock units at $138.972 each.
The next earnings date falls on 5 November 2026, 46 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold; the prior report on 6 August 2026 showed EPS of $3.24 against an estimate of $2.96, with a 2.2% reaction, and the company has beaten estimates in 7 of the last 8 quarters. Seasonality over five years shows the next 20 trading days averaging a 5.6% gain, positive in 3 of those years. Analyst coverage spans 19 firms, with 16 rating the stock buy and a consensus target of $146.08.
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ConocoPhillips scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $131.83 is above the 50-day ($125.54) and 200-day ($114.88) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart55.9, Neutral
Reading 55.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex40.0% below
Price is 40% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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See smart moneyReports in 46 days
Next report Nov 5, 2026, 46 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+5.6% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.6% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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ConocoPhillips closed at $131.83 on Sep 18, 2026, +40.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $85.57 to $141.62.
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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.
ConocoPhillips’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 55.9, in the Neutral zone, up 8.1 points over five sessions.
Up 8.1 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 28 | +2.3% | +6.0% | ||
| Accumulation | 235 | +0.7% | +0.5% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 359 | −0.3% | +0.7% | ||
| Distribution | 39 | +1.1% | +0.2% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too 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 +1.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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ConocoPhillips trades 40.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $219.54, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what ConocoPhillips shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$219.54
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
40.0% Undervalued
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.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for COP in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in COP were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
ConocoPhillips has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds COP.
ConocoPhillips reports on Nov 5, 2026 (46 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 5, 2026
46 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $3.24 est $2.96 | $19.52B est $18.79B | +2.2% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.89 est $1.69 | $16.05B est $15.62B | −3.9% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $1.02 est $1.07 | $14.19B est $13.95B | 0.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.61 est $1.41 | $15.03B est $14.61B | −1.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.42 est $1.35 | $13.98B est $14.68B | +0.9% |
| May 8, 2025 | $2.09 est $2.05 | $16.46B est $16.33B | +1.0% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $1.98 est $1.83 | $14.24B est $14.45B | −1.8% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.78 est $1.64 | $13.60B est $13.97B | +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.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for ConocoPhillips is $146.08, +10.8% from the last close, from 19 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 19 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | UBS | $169 | +28.2% |
| Sep 14 | Evercore ISI | $145 | +10.0% |
| Sep 11 | Barclays | $150 | +13.8% |
| Sep 10 | Stifel Nicolaus | $148 | +12.3% |
| Sep 10 | Stifel Nicolaus | $148 | +12.3% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, ConocoPhillips averaged +5.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.1% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, COP’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.8%.
ConocoPhillips’s market cap is $160.6B, with a P/E ratio of 17.6 and revenue of $64.46B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of ConocoPhillips this week reads positive: 6 positive, 2 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
ConocoPhillips’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| FANGDiamondback Energy | Accumulation | 9.9% above |
| ARAntero Resources | Buying | 27.2% below |
| RRCRange Resources | Accumulation | 6.9% below |
| SMSM Energy | Neutral | 16.7% above |
| MGYMagnolia Oil & Gas | Accumulation | 27.5% below |
| MURMurphy Oil | Neutral | 6.1% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
ConocoPhillips’s market cap is $160.6B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $131.83, with 1.20B shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 17.6.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for ConocoPhillips is $146.08, +10.8% from the last close. Of the 19 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 16 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate ConocoPhillips is undervalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $131.83 is 40.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $219.54. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
ConocoPhillips is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026 (46 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.58 per share on revenue of $17.40B. ConocoPhillips beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 1.9% on average across the report.
ConocoPhillips’s 52-week high is $141.62 and its 52-week low is $85.57; it closed at $131.83 on Sep 18, 2026, +40.5% over the past year.
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