4.52% volatility in Conoco Phillips (COP) last month: This is a red flag warning

On Thursday, Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP) remained unchanged from the previous day of trading 3.03% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $86.36. Price fluctuations for COP have ranged from $79.88 to $130.32 over the past 52 weeks.

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A company in the Energy sector has jumped its sales by 28.54% annually for the last half of the decade. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -7.78% at the time writing. With a float of $1.26 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.28 billion.

In an organization with 11800 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 30.47%, operating margin of 30.41%, and the pretax margin is 24.73%.

Conoco Phillips (COP) Insider Updates

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Oil & Gas E&P industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Conoco Phillips is 0.11%, while institutional ownership is 82.95%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 20 ’24, was worth 239,675. In this transaction Director of this company bought 2,500 shares at a rate of $95.87, taking the stock ownership to the 21,500 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 17 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 10,400 for $97.80, making the entire transaction worth $1,017,161. This insider now owns 38,000 shares in total.

Conoco Phillips (COP) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.67 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -7.78% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.70% during the next five years compared to 4.06% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Conoco Phillips (COP). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.14. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.06. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.05.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.80, a number that is poised to hit 2.06 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.82 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Conoco Phillips (COP)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 7.08 million. That was inferior than the volume of 8.77 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 50.04%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.51.

During the past 100 days, Conoco Phillips’s (COP) raw stochastic average was set at 25.63%, which indicates a significant decrease from 34.57% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 88.36% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 41.86% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $96.06, while its 200-day Moving Average is $104.32. However, in the short run, Conoco Phillips’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $90.41. Second resistance stands at $91.84. The third major resistance level sits at $93.20. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $87.62, it is likely to go to the next support level at $86.26. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $84.83.

Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP) Key Stats

There are currently 1,264,165K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 112.49 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 56,953 M according to its annual income of 9,245 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 14,737 M and its income totaled 2,329 M.