How ConocoPhillips stacks up

COP · against 15 other Energy companies of similar size

Profitability

71/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #10 of 16 · scores higher than 40% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

3 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including COP · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 71?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Energy peers.

a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.1% vs peer median 9.3%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 23.1% vs peer median 11.7%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on assets: 7.5% vs peer median 4.4%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = COP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	COP	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 16 reported	14.1%	22.9%	27%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 17 reported	23.1%	13.3%	69%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 15 reported	7.5%	6.6%	57%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 15 reported	14.2%	19.3%	21%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 17 reported	47.6%	35.6%	69%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around COP

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Reliance Industries LimitedRLI.VI · Europe	163.7B EUR (≈$180.1B)	95	70
2	CNOOC Limited0883.HK · Hong Kong	1.14T HKD (≈$146.3B)	93	79
3	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited1088.HK · Hong Kong	934.4B HKD (≈$119.6B)	92	58
4	Canadian Natural Resources LimitedCNQ · US-listed	110.5B USD	90	61
5	Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - PetrobrasPBR · US-listed	135.8B USD	87	60
6	Valero Energy CorporationVLO · US-listed	111.6B USD	83	70
7	Equinor ASAEQNR · US-listed	108.0B USD	81	55
7	Suncor Energy Inc.SU · US-listed	89.1B USD	81	59
9	Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC · US-listed	120.0B USD	78	62
10	ConocoPhillipsCOP · US-listed	173.5B USD	71	65
11	The Williams Companies, Inc.WMB · US-listed	88.6B USD	70	40
12	Phillips 66PSX · US-listed	109.0B USD	64	58
13	Shell plcSHEL · US-listed	297.1B USD	56	53
14	TotalEnergies SETTE · US-listed	204.7B USD	48	44

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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