COP vs DVN vs MUR Stock Comparison

Conocophillips, Devon Energy and Murphy Oil Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COP Conocophillips
$151.41 +18.9% 1M +72.0% 1Y
Market cap
$179.56B
P/E
19.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$65.28B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
7 wins
DVN Devon Energy Corp/De
$51.63 +9.7% 1M +56.6% 1Y
Market cap
$47.97B
P/E
14.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.38B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
4 wins
MUR Murphy Oil Corp
$44.23 +21.7% 1M +52.9% 1Y
Market cap
$6.18B
P/E
21.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.00B
Div. yield
0.03%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Conocophillips leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Conocophillips 7, Devon Energy 4, Murphy Oil 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOPDVNMURLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $179.56B $47.97B $6.18B COP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.3x 14.6x 21.0x DVN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.6x 9.1x 11.1x DVN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.5% +18.1% +7.3% DVN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.2% 16.1% 9.8% DVN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 22.5% -3.5% 5.8% COP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 4.1x 0.7x COP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.02% 0.03% MUR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +72.0% +56.6% +52.9% COP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.3%/yr +5.4%/yr +10.2%/yr COP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.1% 34.1% 46.5% COP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 48/100 49/100 COP

Percentile Scorecard

COPDVNMUR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOPDVNMUR
Valuation 41 #59 of 99 39 #61 of 99 71 #29 of 99
Growth 57 #42 of 97 70 #30 of 97 24 #74 of 97
Profitability 88 #12 of 96 46 #52 of 96 58 #41 of 96
Financial Health 70 #31 of 102 37 #65 of 102 55 #47 of 102
Shareholder Returns 45 #42 of 76 48 #40 of 76 37 #48 of 76
Overall 60 48 49
  • COP ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • DVN ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • MUR ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOPDVNMURSPY
1 month +18.9%+9.7%+21.7% -0.8%
3 months +31.0%+19.6%+17.9% +3.5%
6 months +24.4%+7.1%+12.4% +7.0%
Year to date +61.7%+41.0%+41.5% +12.2%
1 year +72.0%+56.6%+52.9% +13.0%
3 years +28.5%+10.4%-2.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +8.7%+3.4%-0.8% +23.1%
5 years +103.4%+30.3%+62.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +15.3%+5.4%+10.2% +11.0%
10 years +262.2%+28.4%+48.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +13.7%+2.5%+4.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCOPDVNMURSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.1%34.1%46.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.5%33.3%48.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.71-0.73-0.87 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.391.661.14 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.7%-65.7%-61.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-0.8%-0.3% -1.8%
52-week high $151.41$52.07$44.35 $779.14
52-week low $85.66$32.01$26.57 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOPDVNMUR
P/E now vs peer median 19.8xmedian 13.5x 14.7xmedian 13.5x 21.6xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.1x 2.8xmedian 2.1x 2.1xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 5.9x 24.8xmedian 5.9x 4.6xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.1xmedian 11.0x 38.5xmedian 11.0x 20.7xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 1.5x 1.4xmedian 1.5x 1.2xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -1.88median 2.27 -0.66median 2.27 -0.67median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOPDVNMUR
Revenue $65.28B $20.38B $3.00B
Gross profit $41.24B $14.11B –
Operating income $31.28B -$1.35B $558.07M
Net income $9.28B $3.29B $346.53M
Free cash flow $10.06B $1.48B $306.28M
R&D $393.00M $54.00M $208.92M
EPS (diluted) $7.64 $3.49 $2.01
Cash & equivalents $6.57B – $483.88M
Total debt $23.29B $11.39B $6.00B
Shares (diluted) 1.21B 940.00M 146.15M
Enterprise value $152.27B $47.97B $4.52B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOPDVNMUR
P/E 19.8x 14.7x 21.6x
P/FCF 18.1x 38.5x 20.7x
P/Operating cash flow 8.3x 6.6x 4.0x
P/S 2.8x 2.8x 2.1x
P/B 2.8x 1.4x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 1.4x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 4.6x 24.8x 4.6x
EV/EBIT 6.3x -50.4x 13.3x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 3.3x 2.5x
EV/FCF 19.6x 46.2x 24.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.0x 8.0x 4.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.88 -0.66 -0.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOPDVNMUR
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.5% 18.1% 7.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.0% 5.9% -7.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.5% 18.4% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 4.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.2% 11.9% 11.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -2.0% -44.2% -28.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 1.1% 13.2% 1.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -10.5% -11.9% -32.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 4.8% -22.0% 1.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -10.6% -22.4% -32.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.6% 25.5% 3.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.8% 6.4% -7.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 45.4% 337.8% -32.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.5% 11.7% -26.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOPDVNMUR
Gross margin 63.2% 69.3% –
EBITDA margin 66.0% 13.5% 53.4%
Operating margin 47.9% -6.6% 18.6%
Pretax margin 22.4% -8.8% 16.2%
Net margin 14.2% 16.1% 9.8%
FCF margin 15.4% 7.2% 10.2%
Operating cash flow margin 33.6% 42.0% 52.3%
Return on equity 14.3% 11.5% 6.5%
Return on assets 7.5% 6.4% 3.4%
Return on invested capital 22.5% -3.5% 5.8%
Return on capital employed 28.2% -3.0% 6.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.4x 2.6x 4.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOPDVNMUR
Debt / assets 18.7% 16.1% 15.1%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.3x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 4.1x 0.7x
Debt / FCF 2.3x 7.7x 5.1x
Liabilities / assets 47.4% 41.1% 47.4%
Equity / assets 52.6% 58.9% 52.6%
Interest coverage 39.2x -2.7x 5.5x
Current ratio 1.5x 0.7x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.2x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.6x – 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.10 1.59 2.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOPDVNMUR
Dividend yield 2.2% 2.2% 3.1%
Net buyback yield 3.0% 1.3% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 5.2% 3.5% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 43.8% 25.0% 55.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) 40.4% 55.6% 63.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 7.4% 11.9% 6.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -15.4% -34.6% 5.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOPDVNMUR
Forward P/E 13.6xFY2026 9.1xFY2026 11.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.12FY2026 $5.69FY2026 $3.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +80.5%FY2026 +45.2%FY2026 +190.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.1% -5.1% -7.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $76.43BFY2026 $24.57BFY2026 $3.42BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.2%FY2026 +42.9%FY2026 +25.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.8% +2.6% -9.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOPDVNMUR
Held by institutions 84.0% 92.2% 88.2%
Institutions holding 2,436 1,458 434
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.6% +86.7% -0.6%
Institutions buying 1,119 1,138 212
Institutions selling 961 231 139
Buyers to sellers 1.16 4.93 1.53

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COPDVNMUR
COP 1.00 0.81 0.74
DVN 0.81 1.00 0.72
MUR 0.74 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COP, DVN and MUR?

Conocophillips (COP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Conocophillips (COP) $179.56B, Devon Energy (DVN) $47.97B, Murphy Oil (MUR) $6.18B.

Which stock is cheaper, COP, DVN and MUR?

Devon Energy (DVN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Conocophillips (COP) 19.3x, Devon Energy (DVN) 14.6x, Murphy Oil (MUR) 21.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Devon Energy (DVN) is cheapest (Conocophillips (COP) 13.6x, Devon Energy (DVN) 9.1x, Murphy Oil (MUR) 11.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Devon Energy (DVN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Conocophillips (COP) +8.5%, Devon Energy (DVN) +18.1%, Murphy Oil (MUR) +7.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Devon Energy (DVN) has the highest net margin (Conocophillips (COP) 14.2%, Devon Energy (DVN) 16.1%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 9.8%). On return on invested capital, Conocophillips (COP) leads (Conocophillips (COP) 22.5%, Devon Energy (DVN) -3.5%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Conocophillips (COP) returned the most: Conocophillips (COP) +72.0%, Devon Energy (DVN) +56.6%, Murphy Oil (MUR) +52.9%. Over five years, Conocophillips (COP) compounded fastest (Conocophillips (COP) +15.3%/yr, Devon Energy (DVN) +5.4%/yr, Murphy Oil (MUR) +10.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Murphy Oil (MUR) has the highest dividend yield: Conocophillips (COP) 0.02%, Devon Energy (DVN) 0.02%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 0.03%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Conocophillips (COP) has been the steadiest (Conocophillips (COP) 30.1%, Devon Energy (DVN) 34.1%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 46.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COP, DVN and MUR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Conocophillips (COP) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.