$2,630,000 of CONOCOPHILLIPS lobbying was just disclosed, from Q4 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"H.R. 4776 - The SPEED Act, to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process. - All Sections General discussions/no legislation around future oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) & ways to streamline permitting processes for the NPR-A. Permitting Reform - the need generally for efficient and predictable permitting processes, and NEPA and judicial review reform. Support for H.R. 3898 - the PERMIT Act, which aims to streamline reviews and provide greater regulatory certainty under the Clean Water Act permitting process. Ongoing compliance with Consent Decree in U.S. v. Marathon Oil Company (D.N.D. 2024)(Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-136). Draft legislation re: state superfunds, no bill number. ConocoPhillips' support for conservation and habitat conservation programs, long-time support for several U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Joint Ventures, and long-time support for Duck's Unlimited conservation projects in coastal Louisiana. Alaska North Slope 5-year polar bear Incidental Take Regulations. General discussions/no legislation on issues related to Alaska and L48 oil and gas development on federal lands, permitting, and land access/lease sales General discussions about issues related to the ongoing development of ConocoPhillips' Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) Opposition to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) 2024 Final Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Rule, and support for rescission of that rule/support for BLM's 2025 proposed rule (now finalized) titled Rescission of the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Regulations Discussions related to ConocoPhillips' planned winter 2025-2026 NPR-A exploration and seismic program EPA's proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on November 20, 2025, to revise the definition of 'waters of the United States" (draft WOTUS Rule) and its application to the North Slope of Alaska. Discussions regarding tariff assessments."
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COP Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $COP stock 9 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 6 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $COP stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN purchased up to $50,000 on 12/29.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales worth up to $45,000 on 12/18, 11/13, 08/14.
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 10/30 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 10/31, 10/30.
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE DAN NEWHOUSE purchased up to $15,000 on 08/18.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
COP Insider Trading Activity
COP insiders have traded $COP stock on the open market 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $COP stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- RYAN MICHAEL LANCE (Chairman and CEO) sold 500,708 shares for an estimated $46,315,490
- WILLIAM H. MCRAVEN purchased 5,768 shares for an estimated $500,000
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
COP Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 988 institutional investors add shares of COP stock to their portfolio, and 1,055 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 7,037,873 shares (+18.2%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $665,712,407
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 5,975,418 shares (-15.6%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $565,214,788
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 4,010,388 shares (+64.7%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $379,342,600
- FMR LLC added 3,147,609 shares (+19.2%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $297,732,335
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 2,997,469 shares (-9.6%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $283,530,592
- JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC removed 2,918,093 shares (-80.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $276,022,416
- BLACKROCK, INC. removed 2,867,755 shares (-3.1%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $271,260,945
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
COP Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $COP in the last several months. We have seen 7 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/12/2025
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 11/12/2025
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/14/2025
- RBC Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/13/2025
- Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/06/2025
- Raymond James issued a "Outperform" rating on 09/08/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 08/18/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for COP, check out Quiver Quantitative's $COP forecast page.
COP Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $COP recently. We have seen 15 analysts offer price targets for $COP in the last 6 months, with a median target of $115.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Arun Jayaram from JP Morgan set a target price of $98.0 on 01/20/2026
- Kalei Akamine from B of A Securities set a target price of $102.0 on 01/16/2026
- Sam Margolin from Wells Fargo set a target price of $132.0 on 01/12/2026
- Ryan Todd from Piper Sandler set a target price of $109.0 on 01/08/2026
- Bob Brackett from Bernstein set a target price of $98.0 on 01/05/2026
- Nitin Kumar from Mizuho set a target price of $121.0 on 12/12/2025
- Josh Silverstein from UBS set a target price of $120.0 on 12/12/2025
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