Are Conoco Phillips (COP) stocks a prudent buy?

A share price of Conoco Phillips [COP] is currently trading at $98.82, up 0.90%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The COP shares have gain 2.66% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.97%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Conoco Phillips [NYSE: COP] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 10, 2025, when Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Outperform and also revised its price target to $124 from $157. Previously, TD Cowen started tracking the stock with Buy rating on January 17, 2025, and set its price target to $125. On December 16, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $134 on the stock. Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $128 on December 16, 2024. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on December 05, 2024, and upped its price target to $123.

Conoco Phillips experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $94.23 and $134.71. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $135.2 within the next 12 months. Conoco Phillips [NYSE: COP] shares were valued at $98.82 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 36.81% based on the average COP price forecast.

Analyzing the COP fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Conoco Phillips [NYSE:COP] were 54.61B which represents -2.77% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.25%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.17%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.13. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.38.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 98.02 points at the first support level, and at 97.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 99.48, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 100.15.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Conoco Phillips [NYSE:COP] is 1.29. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.14, and the Cash Ratio is 0.46. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.30, the price to book ratio is 1.95 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.66.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Murti Arjun N, Director, that happened on Dec 20 ’24 when 2500.0 shares were purchased. Director, WALKER R A completed a deal on Dec 17 ’24 to buy 10400.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director LEACH TIMOTHY A sold 55500.0 shares on Aug 13 ’24.

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