Here’s Why ConocoPhillips (COP) Declined in Q1

Smead Capital Management, an investment management company, released its “Smead Value Fund” first quarter 2023 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. In the first quarter, the fund delivered -0.02% compared to a 7.50% gain for the S&P 500 Index and a 1.01% rise for the Russell 1000 Value Index. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2023.

Smead Value Fund highlighted stocks like ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) in the first quarter 2023 investor letter. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and marketing of crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids. On July 3, 2023, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock closed at $104.23 per share. One-month return of ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) was 2.25%, and its shares gained 23.15% of their value over the last 52 weeks. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has a market capitalization of $126.125 billion.

Smead Value Fund made the following comment about ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) in its first quarter 2023 investor letter:

“Our biggest detractors were mainly a function of the decline in oil and gas prices. Ovintiv (OVV), which absorbed some of our Continental Resources proceeds and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), declined the most. Bank of America (BAC) got hammered by the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown and fears about our financial system. We’ve owned BAC for over ten years and it has outperformed the rest of our portfolio.”

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 72 hedge fund portfolios held ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) at the end of first quarter 2023 which was 67 in the previous quarter.

We discussed ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) in another article and shared the list of best large-cap value stocks to buy. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q1 2023 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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