Here at StreetAuthority, we're constantly on the lookout for stocks worthy of our Top 10 Stocks advisory -- and a stock doesn't attain that status by accident.

One energy company in particular is a perennial Top 10 Stocks favorite. I profiled this company two years ago, calling it "the safest oil stock to buy." The results since then haven't been bad at all.

Including dividends, investors who held shares of ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) enjoyed a compound annual growth rate of 31.8%, handily outperforming the S&P 500 Index's rate of 27.3%.

One might think that COP's chart indicates its run is done. Quite the contrary.