Conoco Phillips vs Occidental Petroleum Corp

Conoco Phillips (COP) is undervalued and Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, COP trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +55%, against +27% for OXY.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Conoco Phillips (COP)

Discounting its cash flows at 6.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $279.44; the price of $125.27 is 55% below that value, and 84% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 88/100 on 8 of 12 signals

Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $77.34; the price of $56.31 is 27% below that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 68/100 on 9 of 12 signals

MetricCOPOXY
VerdictUndervaluedUndervalued
Price$125.27$56.31
Intrinsic value$279.44$77.34
Margin of safety+55%+27%
Leak Score88/100 (8/12)68/100 (9/12)
Market cap$150.5B$56.3B
Revenue growth, 5 years25.6%4.7%
Operating margin22.1%23.1%
Net margin14.7%14.0%
Return on equity14.1%10.9%
Debt to equity0.360.35
P/E16.6x16.7x
Forward P/E13.5x14.0x
P/B2.3x1.7x
Dividend yield2.7%1.8%

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