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 3.78%. 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 earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.21. The oil and gas producer earned $3.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.63 billion. Occidental Petroleum had a return on equity of 6.15% and a net margin of 13.47%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 28.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $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 twelve-month price targets for Occidental Petroleum's stock. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $102.00. On average, they anticipate Occidental Petroleum's stock price to reach $81.3571 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.4%. 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 decrease in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,978,243 shares, a decrease 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 currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company 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).

News coverage about OXY stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. 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 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.05 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Occidental Petroleum's stock is owned by a variety 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%), Sabal Trust CO (0.03%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). 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., Viking Fund Management LLC, Atria Investments LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Private Trust Co. NA. View Insider Buying and Selling for Occidental Petroleum.

OXY stock was purchased 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 $82.53.

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]