ConocoPhillips could deliver a high-octane income stream.ExxonMobil (XOM 0.38%) is among the dividend elite, having increased its payout for more than 40 straight years. The company currently offers a yield of over 3%, which is more than double the S&P 500. With more growth ahead, it's an excellent option for dividend investors. While ExxonMobil is the top dog in the oil patch, rival ConocoPhillips (COP -0.92%) is no slouch. It pays a competitive dividend (a forward yield of nearly 3%) that it expects to in ...

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP ) is a multinational hydrocarbon exploration and production company. Having operations in 15 countries and a strong assets portfolio, COP is poised to increase its operations with acquisitions like Marathon Oil. COP stock has not seen a significantI am a financial writer with a degree in Finance. In my five-year career, I have worked with two financial companies. I keep a close eye on Energy, Banking, and Tech stocks. My main focus is fundamental analysis and looking at the long-te ...

JPMorgan's Arun Jayaram just initiated coverage of ConocoPhillips COP with a Neutral rating and a price target of $126, down from the previous target of $139. The change reflects Jayaram's cautious outlook on oil fundamentals as a host of geopolitical and market uncertainties loom, but there's no denying ConocoPhillips' defensive prowess, as the company prepares for potential upside surprises.While oil prices face potential downside pressure — due to factors like the Israel-Iran conflict, the U.S. election, ...

Rising oil prices, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, are fueling a renewed push in the upstream sector. The fear of significant disruptions to global oil supply, exacerbated by recent developments such as the Israeli strikes on Iranian-linked assets in Syria, intensified concerns over the stability of production in the region.This propelled crude oil prices upward, with further support coming from the production cuts implemented by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Cou ...

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ConocoPhillips COP shares closed higher on Tuesday. Shares of energy companies traded higher during the session as tensions in the Middle East heightened. Some investors may be eyeing potential gains from ConocoPhillips' dividends. As of now, the crude oil producer offers an annual dividend yield of 2.85%. That's a quarterly dividend of 78 cents per share ($3.12 a year). To figure out how to earn $500 monthly from ConocoPhillips, we start with the yearly target of $6,000 ($500 x 12 months). Next, we take th ...

Heightened tensions in the Middle East caused the market to fall, but oil and defense stocks to rise. Shares of oil and gas majors ExxonMobil (XOM 2.29%) and Conoco Phillips (COP 3.50%), as well as defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LMT 2.83%), rallied on Tuesday, up 2.8%, 4.2%, and 3.5%, respectively, as of 1:17 p.m. ET, even as the broader indices were down between 1% and 2% at that time. Fortunately for their shareholders, but unfortunately for other sectors and the world, these critical companies saw t ...

The three largest U.S. oil companies — Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) , Chevron Corporation (CVX) and ConocoPhillips (COP) — revealed that they collectively paid more than $42 billion to foreign governments in 2023, about eight times the amount paid in the United States, per a Reuters report. These revelations are a direct result of a new Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regulation that required transparency in payments made to foreign governments for the first time. Currently, these stocks carry a ...

ConocoPhillips (COP) closed the latest trading day at $105.28, indicating a +0.53% change from the previous session's end. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.42%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.04%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.38%. Heading into today, shares of the energy company had lost 7.97% over the past month, lagging the Oils-Energy sector's loss of 2.47% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.06% in that time. Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of ConocoPhillips in its upc ...

ConocoPhillips (COP) , the U.S. oil giant, has achieved a significant legal victory in its long-standing battle to recover compensation from Venezuela's state-owned oil company, PDVSA. Per a Reuters report, on Sept. 27, a Trinidad court approved COP's request to seize payments related to a proposed offshore gas project between Venezuela and Trinidad. This move ensued as PDVSA stopped making payments related to a $700 million settlement deal signed in late 2019. COP Pursues $1.33 Billion Claim in Trinidad Co ...