We recently published a list of Why These 15 Big-Cap Stocks Are Plunging So Far in 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stands against other big-cap stocks that are plunging so far in 2025.
The market has been reversing its gains earlier in the year, so much so that the S&P 500 is now down 1.5% year-to-date. The past two years have seen the same index post stellar gains back-to-back, and those gains were mostly spearheaded by big-cap stocks.
However, historically speaking, the market delivering a third year of such returns would be unprecedented. Investors believe that 2025 will likely be a year when the market starts to cool off, and recent events have started a trend toward just that.
Big-cap stocks are now leading the way down as tariff and AI-related fears hurt them the most. Many big-cap companies have invested significantly in these tech trends, which investors have now soured on.
Still, it’s a good idea to keep an eye on the big-cap losers year-to-date. Many of them have declined enough to open up buying opportunities.
Methodology
For this article, I screened the worst-performing big-cap stocks year-to-date.
I will also mention the number of hedge fund investors in these stocks. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).
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ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 86
ConocoPhillips is one of the largest independent oil and natural gas companies.
The stock is down significantly so far in 2025 due to a decline in oil prices, though natural gas prices have been up recently. Regardless, the drop in oil caused a 3.7% decline in Q4 2024 revenue to $14.7 billion.
Net income fell almost 16% to $2.4 billion, and this has caused ConocoPhillips to underperform its peers. Broader macroeconomic fears and the shock of tariffs have also contributed to COP stock being red year-to-date.
The consensus price target of $133.47 implies 47.28% upside.
ConocoPhillips stock is down 7.86% year-to-date.
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This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
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