COP

Key Factors to Evaluate Before Investing in COP

Shares of Energy sector company ConocoPhillips moved -1.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $107.84. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 6,006,356 compared to its average volume of 6,473,410. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.

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 is based in Houston and has 10,300 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $124,114,124,800. ConocoPhillips currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.2% per year.

25 analysts are following ConocoPhillips and have set target prices ranging from $113.12 to $151.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, COP is trading -18.97% away from its average analyst target price of $133.08 per share.

Over the last year, COP shares have gone down by -9.0%, which represents a difference of -40.2% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $135.18 per share and its 52 week low is $101.3. With average free cash flows of $8.21 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 10.4% over the last 5 years, ConocoPhillips declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 19,965,000 11,248,000 8,717,000 -51.99
2022 28,314,000 10,159,000 18,155,000 55.54
2021 16,996,000 5,324,000 11,672,000 13316.09
2020 4,802,000 4,715,000 87,000 -98.05
2019 11,104,000 6,636,000 4,468,000 -27.75
2018 12,934,000 6,750,000 6,184,000
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