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ConocoPhillips
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Lower valuation, weak fundamentals
3 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
1/2
Ranked highest against the sector: ev/ebitda: 24% below the median (10.4×). ConocoPhillips operates in the Energy sector; its F-Score for the latest cycle is 5/9 (Mixed signals). The archetype for the latest cycle reads Stable business, moderate valuation, and the composite of 58/100 frames where the company sits against its sector. Among the key figures, the P/E is 18.8× against a sector median of 12.0×, revenue moved 7.7% year over year, operating margin was n/a, and ROE was 12.4% against a median of 12.4%. Free cash flow for the latest fiscal year came to n/a, net debt to $22.4B, and market cap to $135.3B. The figures rest on 10-K/10-Q filings from SEC EDGAR; the full read, with all twelve percentile metrics, is on the methodology page.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 5/9 | 12% | +8% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
Revenue and margins in the quarterly report (10-Q) will show whether the F-Score profitability signals stay intact. Recheck the COP analysis once the report is out.
SEC EDGAR carries the full annual report for COP. It has the risk factors, management's discussion, and disclosures the numbers alone leave out.
The same-sector table lists companies alphabetically, with no ranking. Pick two or three yourself and line up P/E, margin, and F-Score: a single number only means something in sector context.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +56%———
Over 4 years: 0.570.891.161.13
Over 4 years: +71%-28%-2%+8%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| — |
| CVX | Chevron | 6/9 | 7% | -7% | — |
| DVN | Devon Energy | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | — |
| EOG | EOG Resources | 4/9 | 17% | -4% | 28% |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy | 4/9 | 4% | +36% | 8% |
| HAL | Halliburton | 5/9 | -5% | +30% | 7% |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan | 7/9 | 10% | +12% | 28% |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 8/9 | 23% | -4% | 6% |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum | 4/9 | 7% | -2% | — |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | 7/9 | 16% | -8% | — |
| SLB | Schlumberger | 4/9 | 14% | -2% | — |
| WMB | Williams Companies | 7/9 | 21% | +14% | 35% |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil | 4/9 | 11% | -5% | — |
A sample of 13 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.