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Potential Price Increase for Conoco Phillips (COP) After Recent Insider Activity

In a filing, Conoco Phillips revealed its Director Murti Arjun N acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.24 million on Dec 20 ’24. In the deal valued at $95.87 per share,2,500 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Murti Arjun N now holds 21,500 shares worth roughly $2.08 million.

Then, WALKER R A bought 10,400 shares, generating $1,017,161 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $97.80, the Director now owns 38,000 shares.

Before that, LEACH TIMOTHY A sold 55,500 shares. Conoco Phillips shares valued at $6,000,255 were divested by the Director at a price of $108.11 per share. As a result of the transaction, LEACH TIMOTHY A now holds 455,909 shares, worth roughly $44.19 million.

Mizuho upgraded its Conoco Phillips [COP] rating to an Outperform from a a Neutral in a research note published on December 16, 2024; the price target was increased to $134 from $132. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid December with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. JP Morgan revised its rating on December 05, 2024. It rated COP as “an Overweight” which previously was an “a Neutral”.

Price Performance Review of COP

On Friday, Conoco Phillips [NYSE:COP] saw its stock jump 0.03% to $96.92. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.83%. Conoco Phillips shares have fallen nearly -16.06% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -17.77% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $134.71 was reached on 04/12/24, a 52-week low of $94.23 was recorded on 12/20/24. SMA at 50 days reached $105.47, while 200 days put it at $113.18.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For COP Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 96.27, which if violated will result in even more drops to 95.61. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 97.78. A further resistance level may holdings at 98.63. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 31.30, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -1.66, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 75.14%. Stochastics %K at 24.73% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Conoco Phillips?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Conoco Phillips stocks on 2024-12-13, dropping by -11.86 million shares to a total of 13.0 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-11-15 was 24.87 million shares. There was a decline of -91.24%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

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