🚨 Trigger Warning: Insider Buys Ahead 🛢️ 
When the people running the show start buying tickets to their own performance, maybe—just maybe—it’s time to grab a seat yourself. And with oil still flowing, dividends still dripping, and institutions showing up like it’s Wall Street Coachella, ConocoPhillips (COP) might just deserve a closer look.

🏢 About ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP)

Founded in 1917 and headquartered in Houston, ConocoPhillips is a global energy juggernaut. From Alaska to the Middle East and back to the Lower 48, COP explores, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas, LNG, and other tasty hydrocarbons. It’s like the Netflix of fossil fuels—available in most countries and trying really hard to diversify its content.

👀 Insider Buys: The Smart Money Is Drilling In

Over the past 6 months, insiders have been scooping up shares like they're on sale at Costco:

🧠 Ownership? Up big—57% in Johnson’s case.
💼 Institutional ownership? A hefty 84.3% of float—Wall Street is in the house.

🏦 Smart Money's Here: Institutional Holders Are Digging In

📊 A whopping 84.30% of COP’s float is indeed held by institutions — so clearly, big money sees value in the oil patch. And not just any institutions… we're talking Wall Street royalty.

Top Institutional Holders of COP 🛢️💼

🔎 Conclusion? If these titans of finance are filling up their tanks with COP shares, it might be time to fuel up your watchlist too. 🛢️🚀

🔍 For full Institutional Ownership breakdown, see here. 

💸 Performance Recap: Still Oily, Still Profitable

2024 wasn't a gusher like 2022, but COP still pumped out strong numbers:

🧾 Full-Year 2024 Results:

• Revenue: 💰 $9.2B net earnings

• EPS: $7.81 (down from $9.06 in 2023 and $14.57 in 2022)

• Reserve Replacement: 244% (translation: they’re refilling what they’re pumping)

💡 Bonus: They acquired Marathon Oil, extending their shale empire with some sweet integration synergies in progress.

📊 Q1 2025 Highlights:

• EPS: $2.23 GAAP, $2.09 adjusted

• Operating cash flow: $5.5B

• Lowered capex and opex guidance

• Still paying that welcome dividend: $0.78 per share

👉 Want the full picture? Dive into ConocoPhillips’s financials here.

📈 Valuation Check: Is It Cheap?

• P/E: 11.3

• Forward P/E: 13.4

• Price/Sales: 1.87

• Price/Book: 1.72

• EV/EBITDA: 5.02

• Dividend Yield: 🍩 3.5%

📉 Stock is ~30% below its all-time high ($125.37 in Dec 2022). That’s a decent haircut—one you didn’t ask for, but could grow into.

⚠️ Risks to Keep in Mind

1. Commodities ≠ Calm: Volatile oil & gas prices + geopolitics = drama.

2. Climate Crunch: Emissions goals, carbon taxes, and activist pressure may weigh on long-term value.

3. Structural Shifts: As governments, tech, and Tesla fans push green, fossil fuels may face an existential midlife crisis - pardon, may face another existential midlife crisis.

4. Diversification ambitions? So far, COP hasn’t pivoted to bubblegum, Netflix originals, or yoga mats. But hey—never say never.

💡 Curious about another deep oil exploration play?
Check our takes on UnitedHealth Group or even Oscar Health.

🧠 Bottom Line

ConocoPhillips is still printing cash, rewarding shareholders, and priced attractively after a notable dip. Insiders are buying, institutions are holding, and the dividend keeps dripping.

⚖️ It’s not risk-free, but it’s not a wildcat gamble either.
This might be one of those times when the smart money is… actually smart. 

🚨 Disclaimer:

Diversification into candy manufacturing and movie production is not confirmed. But if it happens, we called it first.

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