ConocoPhillips' Merger With Marathon Oil Offers Synergies (Rating Upgrade)

After my last review of ConocoPhillips ( COP) at hold in late 2023, I am upranking the company to buy based on its successful acquisition of Marathon Oil completed in November 2024, moderate dividend, hefty share repurchase program, good price-earnings ratio, strongLaura Starks is the founder and CEO of Starks Energy Economics, LLC (since 2007). She has a degree in chemical engineering and an MBA with a concentration in finance which she has used for many years to invest personally and to share her ideas ab ...