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ConocoPhillips scores average on business quality (5.1 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What ConocoPhillips does
ConocoPhillips explores, produces, and markets crude oil and natural gas worldwide, generating revenue by selling fossil fuels to utilities, refiners, and industrial buyers. The company is positioning itself to capture shifting global energy demand by expanding liquefied natural gas shipments through critical trade corridors.
- What it does best
ConocoPhillips excels at capital return execution, steering $10.0B in free cash flow toward $5.4B in buybacks and $4.1B in dividends. Its massive scale and low-cost supply base provide resilient cash flows that smaller rivals struggle to match across volatile commodity cycles.
- The main risk
Global energy volatility and geopolitical disruptions threaten supply chains, with LNG shipments navigating high-traffic corridors like Hormuz. Any blockage risks acute margin compression and disrupts output delivery across its international portfolio.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin stands at 22.2% with an ROE of 14.3%, showing stable efficiency. Profitability flexes directly with underlying commodity prices rather than expanding purely through internal scale.
The moat relies on massive upstream asset scale and long-life reserves, reflected in an operating margin ranking in the sector's middle at the 43rd percentile. Commodity price exposure limits permanent switching costs.
Revenue growth ticked up to 7.7% over the latest period, rebounding from prior-year dips but remaining lower than peak commodity boom years.
Debt-to-equity sits at 0.36 and interest coverage is 17.6x, meaning debt costs are comfortably managed. Free cash flow reached $10.1B, keeping the balance sheet steadily fortified.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
2 sold $3.3M outside pre-planned sales.
Our sealed record on COP
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
ConocoPhillips scores average on the Cluenex quality check (5.1 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat weak, growth slow and financial health strong.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 2 sold $3.3M outside pre-planned sales.
Nov 5, 2026, before the open.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “ConocoPhillips (COP)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/cop/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.