Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
EQUITY, RELATED
STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
ConocoPhillips’ common stock is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “COP.”
Cash Dividends Per Share
Dividends
2019
2018
First
$
0.305
0.285
Second
0.305
0.285
Third
0.305
0.285
Fourth
0.420
0.305
Number of Stockholders of Record at January
31, 2020*
41,821
*In determining the number of stockholders, we consider clearing
agencies and security position listings as one stockholder for each
agency
listing.
The declaration of dividends is subject to the discretion
of our Board of Directors, and may be affected by
various factors, including our future earnings,
financial condition, capital requirements,
levels of indebtedness,
credit ratings and other considerations our Board of
Directors deems relevant.
Our Board of Directors has
adopted a quarterly dividend declaration policy providing
that the declaration of any dividends will be
determined quarterly by the Board of Directors
taking into account such factors as our
business model,
prevailing business conditions and our financial
results and capital requirements, without a predetermined
annual net income payout ratio.
On February 1, 2018, we announced that our Board
of Directors approved an increase in the
quarterly dividend
to $0.285 per share, compared with the previous
quarterly dividend of $0.265 per share.
On October 5, 2018, we announced that our Board
of Directors approved an increase in the
quarterly dividend
to $0.305 per share, compared with the previous
quarterly dividend of $0.285 per share.
On October 7, 2019, we announced that our Board
of Directors approved an increase in the quarterly
dividend
to $0.42 per share, compared with the previous
quarterly dividend of $0.305 per share.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Millions of Dollars
Approximate Dollar
Shares Purchased
Value
of Shares
Average
as Part of Publicly
that May Yet Be
Total Number of
Price Paid
Announced Plans
Purchased Under the
Period
Shares Purchased
Per Share
or Programs
Plans or Programs
October 1-31, 2019
4,844,970
$
55.54
4,844,970
$
5,855
November 1-30, 2019
4,020,276
58.20
4,020,276
5,621
December 1-31, 2019
3,943,490
62.31
3,943,490
5,375
12,808,736
$
58.46
12,808,736
*There were no repurchases of common stock from company employees in connection with the company's broad-based employee incentive plans.
In late 2016, we initiated our current share repurchase
program.
As of December 31, 2019, we had announced
a total authorization to repurchase $15 billion
of our common stock.
We repurchased $3 billion in 2017, $3
billion in 2018 and $3.5 billion in 2019.
Of the remaining authorization, we expect to
repurchase $3 billion in
In February 2020, we announced that the
Board of Directors approved an increase
to our repurchase
authorization from $15 billion to $25 billion,
to support our plan for future share repurchases.
Acquisitions for
the share repurchase program are made at management’s discretion,
at prevailing prices, subject to market
conditions and other factors.
Except as limited by applicable legal requirements,
repurchases may be
increased, decreased or discontinued at any time
without prior notice.
Shares of stock repurchased under the
plan are held as treasury shares.
See Risk Factors “Our ability to declare
and pay dividends and repurchase
shares is subject to certain considerations.”

Stock Performance Graph
The following graph shows the cumulative total
shareholder return (TSR) for ConocoPhillips’
common stock
in each of the five years from December 31, 2014,
to December 31, 2019.
The graph also compares the
cumulative total returns for the same five-year period
with the S&P 500 Index, the performance peer
group
used in the prior fiscal year (the “Prior Peer
Group”) and a new performance peer group for
the current fiscal
year (the “New Peer Group”).
The Prior Peer Group consists of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch
Shell, Total, Apache, Devon, Marathon Oil Corporation and Occidental,
weighted according to the respective
peer’s stock market capitalization at the beginning
of each annual period.
For the purpose of aligning to
performance peers with similar complexities
and portfolios, the New Peer Group excludes
BP,
Royal Dutch
Shell, and Total, and includes Noble Energy, Hess, and EOG Resources.
For the 2018 Stock Performance
Graph, Anadarko was also presented within
the Prior Peer Group.
However, due to Anadarko’s acquisition by
Occidental completed in 2019, Anadarko’s performance has been excluded
from all five years of the Prior Peer
Group performance.
The comparison assumes $100 was invested
on December 31, 2014, in ConocoPhillips
stock, the S&P 500 Index and ConocoPhillips’
peer groups
and assumes that all dividends were reinvested.
The cumulative total returns of the peer group companies'
common stock do not include the cumulative
total
return of ConocoPhillips’ common stock.
The stock price performance included in this
graph is not
necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
*Prior Peer Group: BP; Chevron; ExxonMobil; Royal Dutch Shell; Total; Apache; Devon, Marathon Oil Corporation; Occidental.
**New Peer Group: Chevron; ExxonMobil; Apache; Devon; EOG Resources; Hess; Marathon Oil Corporation;
Noble Energy; Occidental.
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