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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 7th. 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.21. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $3.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.63 billion. Occidental Petroleum had a return on equity of 6.15% and a net margin of 13.47%. The firm's revenue was up 28.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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.

17 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Occidental Petroleum's stock. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Occidental Petroleum's share price to reach $81.3571 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.1%. View Analyst Ratings for Occidental Petroleum.

17 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 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Occidental Petroleum saw a drop in short interest during 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 daily volume of 4,277,706 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), WOODSIDE Pet Lt/ADR (WOPEY), Sasol (SSL) and Devon Energy (DVN).

Headlines about OXY stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Occidental Petroleum earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 47.50 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Occidental Petroleum's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Adams Asset Advisors LLC (0.89%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.10%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.07%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (0.06%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%). 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 Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Cambiar Investors LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Clinton Group Inc., Cullinan Associates Inc. and Viking Fund Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Occidental Petroleum.

OXY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Oakbrook Investments LLC, MHI Funds LLC and Calamos Advisors LLC. 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 $83.08.

Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $63.20 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]