Chord Energy Q4 Earnings Call Highlights

Chord highlighted its multi-year return-of-capital record. Brown said the company has returned $6.7 billion of capital to shareholders since 2021—an amount he noted is higher than its current market capitalization—while also growing the business and maintaining leverage “well below” peers.Brown pointed to a reported $160 million improvement in 2025 free cash flow from “controllable items,” including higher production, lower capital spending, reduced lease operating expense (LOE), lower general and administr ...