NYSE:OXYOccidental Petroleum Stock Price, Forecast & News

Occidental Petroleum's stock was trading at $11.80 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, OXY stock has increased by 23.7% and is now trading at $14.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Occidental Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 7 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Occidental Petroleum.

Occidental Petroleum is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Occidental Petroleum.

Occidental Petroleum Co. (NYSE:OXY) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.52) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.63) by $0.11. The oil and gas producer earned $6.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.60 billion. Occidental Petroleum had a positive return on equity of 1.24% and a negative net margin of 13.85%. The firm's revenue was up 57.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.84 EPS. View Occidental Petroleum's earnings history.

Occidental Petroleum announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 1st. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Occidental Petroleum's dividend history.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Occidental Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Occidental Petroleum's stock price to reach $24.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 66.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Occidental Petroleum.

Media coverage about OXY stock has trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Occidental Petroleum earned a media sentiment score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutOccidental Petroleum.

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

Occidental Petroleum's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.56%), State Street Corp (5.60%), Capital World Investors (1.50%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.42%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.84%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.67%). Company insiders that own Occidental Petroleum stock include Avedick Baruyr Poladian, Bob Shearer, Cedric W Burgher, Elisse B Walter, Eugene L Batchelder, Jack B Moore, Kenneth Dillon, Marcia E Backus, Margaret M Foran, Oscar K Brown, 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 Franklin Resources Inc., American International Group Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Levin Easterly Partners LLC, and Janus Henderson Group PLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Occidental Petroleum.

OXY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Prudential PLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., First Trust Advisors LP, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., and Artemis Investment Management LLP. Company insiders that have bought Occidental Petroleum stock in the last two years include Avedick Baruyr Poladian, Bob Shearer, Cedric W Burgher, Elisse B Walter, Eugene L Batchelder, Jack B Moore, Kenneth Dillon, Marcia E Backus, Margaret M Foran, Oscar K Brown, Vicki A Hollub, and William R Klesse. View insider buying and selling activity for Occidental Petroleum.

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One share of OXY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.60.

Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $13.14 billion and generates $21.23 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-667,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.45 on an earnings per share basis. Occidental Petroleum employs 14,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Occidental Petroleum is www.oxy.com.

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]