
Two oil producers just posted strong quarters, but only one turned its cash flow into a payout that can survive a price slump. For income investors, the gap between a bigger yield and a safer check may surprise you.
ConocoPhillips is an American multinational corporation engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It is based in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas.
| Revenue (TTM) | $64.46B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $30.67B |
| EBITDA | $26.78B |
| Operating Margin | 31.50% |
| Return on Equity | 14.20% |
| Return on Assets | 7.53% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $52.46 |
| Book Value | $52.63 |
| Price-to-Book | 2.47 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 2.54 |
| EV/Revenue | 2.599 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.71 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 107.00% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 35.50% |
| Shares Outstanding | $1.20B |
| Float | $1.20B |
| % Insiders | 0.10% |
| % Institutions | 87.03% |
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Two oil producers just posted strong quarters, but only one turned its cash flow into a payout that can survive a price slump. For income investors, the gap between a bigger yield and a safer check may surprise you.

ConocoPhillips targets $7B in free cash flow improvement by 2029, with lower capital spending, growing production and higher shareholder returns driving its outlook.

ConocoPhillips delivered strong third-quarter results, generating gushing cash flows to support healthy cash returns to shareholders. The oil producer raised its dividend by 11% and reaffirmed its plan to deliver $7 billion in additional free cash flow by 2029.

COP's Q3 2026 earnings more than doubled as higher realized prices boosted revenues, cash flow and shareholder returns despite lower production.

Initial Jobless Claims sank back to post-Covid lows, with +189K matching the mid-July low.

Although the revenue and EPS for ConocoPhillips (COP) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

ConocoPhillips (COP) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.27 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.06 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.61 per share a year ago.

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price.

The bigger payout arrives December 1, but the cash behind it came from a war-driven oil spike while production actually fell.

The oil and natural-gas company posted a third-quarter profit of about $4 billion, or $3.34 a share, compared with $1.73 billion, or $1.38 a share, a year earlier.
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