Insiders Trades
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 01 Mar 2022.
Coterra Energy Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Coterra Energy Inc., classified in the Energy sector, is a listed company based in Houston, United States, founded in 1989. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). 8 insiders have disclosed 20 filings since 18 October 2025.
Not one of the filings records a straightforward purchase or sale on the market. Compensation-driven entries like these are tracked, but they say little about how insiders judge the share price.
There has been no open-market purchase by an insider of Coterra Energy Inc. for at least a year. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 4 days after the trade. Section 16 rules allow two business days to file each Form 4.
With 20 filings in twelve months, the company is quieter than the median of 22 filings across the 5,458 companies we follow on the same exchange. Our records for Coterra Energy Inc. go back to 2016, with 1 purchase and 33 sales on the open market in total. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists revenue at 7.64 bn USD and net income at 1.72 bn USD; the dividend was 0.88 USD per share.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: RGC Resources Inc and Empire Petroleum Corp. This summary is built from SEC (Form 4) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
Insider Decl.
204
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€828,902
1 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€44M
33 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleStephen P. Bell4 sales
Adam M. Vela2 sales
Blake A. Sirgo1 sale
Kevin William Smith1 sale
Michael D. DeShazer1 sale
Todd M. Roemer1 sale
Since the insiders bought
- -9.0%Entry US$26.97 · Close at T+365 US$24.54
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Coterra Energy Inc. Buy (bullish), based on 20 analysts. Average price target: US$37.65.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 2,217 of 24,148 companies
74.6
score / 100
Value77
Quality72
FCF yld6.6%
Earn yld6.9%
EV/EBITDA5.9x
ROE11%
Gross mgn42%
Net mgn22%
Debt/EBITDA0.8x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$32.56
Analyst consensus
20 analystsBuy
US$28.00Target US$37.65(+16%)US$46.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$7.6B
Gross profitUS$3.2B42% margin
EBITDAUS$4.9B63% margin
Net incomeUS$1.7B22.7% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)15.0x
PER (forward)10.8x
P/Book1.7x
Beta0.30
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$24.7B
Total debtUS$4B
Free Cash FlowUS$1.6B
Debt / Equity24%
Profitability & ownership
ROE11.4%
ROA6.2%
% insiders0.9%
% institutions96.6%
Last declaration on 26 February 2026
Declarations204 total
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39,345 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000068:0
52,460 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000067:0
26,230 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000063:0
32,787 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000062:0
52,460 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000066:0
180,328 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000065:0
52,460 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000064:0
29,348 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000040:0
81,030 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000039:0
29,348 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000038:0
217,391 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000037:0
28,261 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000036:0
21,739 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-26-000035:0
11,382 shares@ US$28.858.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-26-000022:0
11,809 shares@ US$28.8510.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-26-000020:0
32,125 shares@ US$28.85100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-26-000019:0
8,816 shares@ US$28.8517.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-26-000017:0
85,716 shares@ US$28.859.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-26-000021:0
11,811 shares@ US$28.8520.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-26-000018:0
5,509 shares@ US$24.399.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-25-000158:0
100,000 shares@ US$25.25818.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-25-000150:0
9,293 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-25-000147:0
115,385 shares@ US$23.0019.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000858470-25-000141:0
9,293 shares0Common StockSEC:0000858470-25-000136:0
25 of 204 declarations
About Coterra Energy Inc.
Coterra Energy Inc. (NYSE: CTRA) is a U.S.-listed independent energy company headquartered in Houston, Texas, in the United States. It is focused on the exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Coterra was formed in October 2021 through the combination of Cabot Oil & Gas and Cimarex Energy, bringing together two long-standing U.S. upstream businesses into a single, more diversified platform. For investors, the company represents a classic domestic E&P profile: asset-driven, commodity-exposed, and centered on capital efficiency rather than downstream integration.
Coterra operates in one business segment: oil and natural gas development, exploration, and production in the continental United States. Its core operating areas are the Permian Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, the Marcellus Shale in Northeast Pennsylvania, and the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma. That basin mix is central to the investment case. It provides geographic diversification, exposure to both oil and gas, and a level of capital flexibility that can be useful across different commodity-price environments. The company has consistently emphasized repeatable development inventory, strong cash generation, and a disciplined approach to capital allocation.
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Historically, the merger that created Coterra was designed to combine Cabot’s strong natural gas franchise with Cimarex’s more balanced oil-and-gas portfolio. The result was a larger, more resilient producer with scale in three high-quality U.S. basins. Coterra’s strategy has been built around sustainable free cash flow, a strong balance sheet, and shareholder returns through dividends and share repurchases. The company has also highlighted its operating footprint with regional offices in Pittsburgh, Midland, and Tulsa, in addition to its Houston headquarters, underscoring its proximity to key U.S. shale assets.
From a competitive standpoint, Coterra’s strengths are not based on brand or pricing power, but on reserve quality, execution, and balance-sheet resilience. Its business model is commodity-sensitive, yet its diversified basin exposure can reduce reliance on any single region or hydrocarbon stream. The company has positioned itself as a premier U.S.-focused exploration and production company with an emphasis on technology, data, operational efficiency, and capital returns.
Recent developments are important for investors following SEC Form 4 insider activity and equity market dynamics. Coterra’s website states that it completed a merger with Devon Energy on May 7, 2026. That is a material corporate event that changes the company’s standalone profile and should be considered when analyzing the historical CTRA ticker, its governance, and any insider transactions filed before the transaction closed. For market context, Coterra’s shares traded on the NYSE, and the company’s operations remained fully centered in the United States throughout its life as an independent listed producer.
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