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 given a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 7th. This is a positive change from Occidental Petroleum's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77. View Occidental Petroleum's Dividend History.

Occidental Petroleum Co. (NYSE:OXY) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.11. The oil and gas producer earned $4.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.13 billion. Occidental Petroleum had a net margin of 15.36% and a return on equity of 9.68%. Occidental Petroleum's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last 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, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Occidental Petroleum.

18 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Occidental Petroleum's shares. Their predictions range from $47.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Occidental Petroleum's share price to reach $82.8571 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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." View Analyst Ratings for Occidental Petroleum.

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

News headlines about OXY stock have trended positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. 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 and rumor sentiment score of 0.32 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 42.66 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.64%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.45%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.19%), Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (1.11%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.04%) and Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.99%). 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, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd. and Bank of Nova Scotia. View Insider Buying and Selling for Occidental Petroleum.

OXY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Standard Life Aberdeen plc, FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., AGF Investments Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY and Putnam Investments 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 $78.55.

Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $60.24 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]