With Their Needle-Moving Acquisitions Now Closed, These 2 Top Oil Stocks Look Like Great Buys for 2025

A consolidation wave has washed over the oil patch this year. Several oil companies secured needle-moving acquisitions, including ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN). Those two oil companies recently closed their deals. That should give them a lot of fuel to grow shareholder value in 2025 and beyond. Those catalysts make them look like great oil stocks to buy as we head into the new year. ConocoPhillips completed its acquisition of Marathon Oil in late November. The all-stock deal valued its rival at $22.5 billion, including the assumption of debt ($5.4 billion). Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool