Conoco Phillips’s recent filing unveils that its Chairman and CEO Lance Ryan Michael unloaded Company’s shares for reported $46.32 million on Dec 19 ’25. In the deal valued at $92.50 per share,500,708 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Lance Ryan Michael now holds 325,972 shares worth roughly $32.06 million.
Then, McRaven William H. bought 5,768 shares, generating $500,000 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $86.68, the Director now owns 5,768 shares.
Before that, JOHNSON KIRK L. bought 5,300 shares. Conoco Phillips shares valued at $499,472 were divested by the Executive Vice President at a price of $94.24 per share. As a result of the transaction, JOHNSON KIRK L. now holds 14,527 shares, worth roughly $1.43 million.
JP Morgan downgraded its Conoco Phillips [COP] rating to a Neutral from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BofA Securities’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid January from “a Neutral” to “an Underperform”. Wells Fargo also remained covering COP and has increased its forecast on January 12, 2026 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Johnson Rice revised its rating on December 05, 2025. It rated COP as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Accumulate”.
Price Performance Review of COP
On Friday, Conoco Phillips [NYSE:COP] saw its stock jump 1.52% to $98.35. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.59%. Conoco Phillips shares have fallen nearly -4.57% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 5.06% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Conoco Phillips?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Conoco Phillips stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -0.58 million shares to a total of 16.58 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 17.17 million shares. There was a decline of -3.51%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on August 20, 2025 when Melius began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Hold”‘ rating along with a $117 price target.
