NYSE:OXY - Occidental Petroleum Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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 3.94%. 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 Wednesday, August, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.11. The oil and gas producer earned $4.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.13 billion. Occidental Petroleum had a net margin of 15.36% and a return on equity of 9.68%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.15 EPS. View Occidental Petroleum's Earnings History.

Occidental Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Occidental Petroleum.

19 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Occidental Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Occidental Petroleum's stock price to reach $82.8571 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Occidental Petroleum.

19 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 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Occidental Petroleum.

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

News coverage about OXY stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Occidental Petroleum earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Occidental Petroleum.

Occidental Petroleum's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.64%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.45%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.45%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.19%) and Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (1.11%). 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 Point72 Asset Management L.P., American Century Companies Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Epoch Investment Partners Inc. and Macquarie Group Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Occidental Petroleum.

OXY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Standard Life Aberdeen plc, FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV, AGF Investments Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY. 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 $79.23.

Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $60.70 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]