U.S. shale oil producer ConocoPhillips said on Friday it has completed the $22.5 billion deal to acquire smaller peer Marathon Oil.
ConocoPhillips reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings, despite a 20% decline in adjusted earnings. The acquisition of Marathon Oil is boosting COP's production, adding 2B barrels of resources, and is expected to result in a significant ramp in stock buybacks going forward. ConocoPhillips generated $1.8B in free cash flow in Q3, returning $2.1B to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
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As COP is all set to acquire MRO, a major layoff of about 500 employees is announced in Houston to reduce costs and improve performance.
ConocoPhillips is very optimistic about what's ahead.
Analysts expressed views on ConocoPhillips' COP mixed third-quarter results.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 31, 2024 12:00 PM ET Company Particiapants Phil Gresh - Vice President, Investor Relations Ryan Lance - Chairman and CEO Bill Bullock - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Andy O'Brien - SVP of Strategy, Commercial Sustainability and Technology Nick Olds - Executive Vice President of Lower 48 Kirk Johnson - Senior Vice President of Global Operations Conference Call Participants Neil Mehta - Goldman Sachs Doug Leggate - Wolf Research Steve Richardson - Evercore ISI Devin McDermott - Morgan Stanley Arun Jayaram - JPMorgan Lloyd Byrne - Jefferies Betty Jiang - Barclays Bob Brackett - Bernstein Ryan Todd - Piper Sandler Roger Read - Wells Fargo Scott Hanold - RBC Capital Markets Neal Dingmann - Truist Josh Silverstein - UBS Alastair Syme - Citi Kalei Akamine - Bank of America Charles Meade - Johnson Rice Paul Cheng - Scotiabank Kevin MacCurdy - Pickering Energy Partners Phillips Johnston - Capital One Securities Leo Mariani - ROTH Operator Welcome to the Third Quarter 2024 ConocoPhillips Earnings Conference Call. My name is Liz and I will be your operator for today's call.
ConocoPhillips (COP) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.78 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.68 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.16 per share a year ago.