NYSE:OXY - Occidental Petroleum Stock Price, Price Target & More

Occidental Petroleum trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "OXY."

Occidental Petroleum declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.73%. This is a boost from Occidental Petroleum's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77. View Occidental Petroleum's Dividend History.

Occidental Petroleum Co. (NYSE:OXY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.21. The oil and gas producer earned $3.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.63 billion. Occidental Petroleum had a return on equity of 6.15% and a net margin of 13.47%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 28.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.15 EPS. View Occidental Petroleum's Earnings History.

Occidental Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Occidental Petroleum.

18 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Occidental Petroleum's shares. Their predictions range from $47.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Occidental Petroleum's stock price to reach $81.3571 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.7%. View Analyst Ratings for Occidental Petroleum.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Occidental Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Occidental Petroleum saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,978,243 shares, a drop of 28.2% from the May 15th total of 12,504,639 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,277,706 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Occidental Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Occidental Petroleum include Total (TOT), PetroChina (PTR), CNOOC (CEO), EOG Resources (EOG), PETROLEO BRASIL/ADR (PBR), ENI (E), PETROLEO BRASIL/RED PFD sh (PBR.A), Canadian Natural Resource (CNQ), Ecopetrol (EC), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), The Hong Kong and China Gas (HOKCY), Sasol (SSL), WOODSIDE Pet Lt/ADR (WOPEY) and Continental Resources (CLR).

Media coverage about OXY stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Occidental Petroleum earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.76 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Occidental Petroleum's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Adams Asset Advisors LLC (0.89%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Occidental Petroleum stock include Cedric W Burgher, Stephen I Chazen, Vicki A Hollub and William R Klesse. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Occidental Petroleum.

OXY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Clinton Group Inc., Cullinan Associates Inc., Atria Investments LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Private Trust Co. NA and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. View Insider Buying and Selling for Occidental Petroleum.

OXY stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Guardian Investment Management, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Occidental Petroleum stock in the last two years include Cedric W Burgher, Vicki A Hollub and William R Klesse. View Insider Buying and Selling for Occidental Petroleum.

Shares of OXY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of OXY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.64.

Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $64.05 billion and generates $13.27 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $1.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.89 on an earnings per share basis. Occidental Petroleum employs 11,000 workers across the globe.

Occidental Petroleum's mailing address is 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX, 77046. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 713-215-7000 or via email at [email protected]