Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $41.87 -0.44 (-1.04%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Occidental Petroleum Short Interest DataOccidental Petroleum (OXY) has a short interest of 33.95 million shares. This marks a -5.09% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.5, indicating that it would take 2.5 days of the average trading volume of 11.18 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest33,950,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest35,770,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.09%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.34 billionShort Interest Ratio2.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares984,133,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted3.45%Today's Trading Volume5,863,507 sharesAverage Trading Volume11,184,211 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average52% Short Selling Occidental Petroleum? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Occidental Petroleum and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartOXY Short Interest Over TimeOXY Days to Cover Over TimeOXY Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Occidental Petroleum Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/202533,950,000 shares $1.34 billion -5.1%N/A2.5 $39.42 4/15/202535,770,000 shares $1.35 billion -23.4%3.8%2.7 $37.77 3/31/202546,670,000 shares $2.31 billion +6.1%5.0%3.7 $49.41 3/15/202544,000,000 shares $2.05 billion +16.1%4.7%3.7 $46.58 2/28/202537,910,000 shares $1.85 billion -0.6%4.1%3.2 $48.85 2/15/202538,130,000 shares $1.84 billion +4.1%4.1%3.4 $48.13 1/31/202536,630,000 shares $1.71 billion -4.9%N/A3.2 $46.65 1/15/202538,500,000 shares $2.03 billion -0.2%N/A3.4 $52.68 12/31/202438,580,000 shares $1.91 billion +8.4%N/A3.4 $49.41 12/15/202435,590,000 shares $1.70 billion +11.5%N/A2.9 $47.64 Get the Latest News and Ratings for OXY and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Occidental Petroleum and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202431,920,000 shares $1.61 billion -3.1%N/A2.7 $50.58 11/15/202432,940,000 shares $1.64 billion -1.0%N/A2.7 $49.93 10/31/202433,270,000 shares $1.67 billion -1.4%3.7%2.7 $50.13 10/15/202433,750,000 shares $1.74 billion -0.1%3.7%2.9 $51.57 9/30/202433,780,000 shares $1.74 billion +9.2%3.7%2.9 $51.54 9/15/202430,930,000 shares $1.58 billion -2.7%3.4%3.2 $51.05 8/31/202431,800,000 shares $1.81 billion -5.0%3.5%3.4 $56.98 8/15/202433,460,000 shares $1.93 billion +8.5%3.7%4 $57.81 7/31/202430,840,000 shares $1.88 billion -6.4%3.4%4.2 $60.82 7/15/202432,960,000 shares $2.04 billion +0.8%3.7%4.8 $62.01 6/30/202432,690,000 shares $2.06 billion +1.1%3.7%4.6 $63.03 6/15/202432,340,000 shares $1.94 billion -34.9%3.7%4.4 $59.84 5/31/202449,670,000 shares $3.11 billion +1.7%5.6%7.1 $62.52 5/15/202448,860,000 shares $3.10 billion -3.6%5.5%6.8 $63.41 4/30/202450,680,000 shares $3.35 billion -1.5%5.7%6.2 $66.15 4/15/202451,440,000 shares $3.52 billion +4.3%5.8%6.1 $68.35 3/31/202449,330,000 shares $3.21 billion -0.4%5.6%5.6 $64.99 3/15/202449,510,000 shares $3.10 billion -4.3%5.7%5.7 $62.67 2/29/202451,710,000 shares $3.13 billion +1.0%5.9%5.2 $60.61 2/15/202451,220,000 shares $3.08 billion -1.7%5.8%5 $60.11 1/31/202452,110,000 shares $3.00 billion +4.0%6.0%5.4 $57.57 1/15/202450,120,000 shares $2.91 billion +2.7%5.7%5.2 $58.06 12/31/202348,800,000 shares $2.91 billion -3.0%5.6%5 $59.71 12/15/202350,310,000 shares $2.94 billion +12.9%5.8%5 $58.53 11/30/202344,560,000 shares $2.64 billion -2.4%5.1%4.8 $59.14 11/15/202345,670,000 shares $2.80 billion +0.3%5.2%5.1 $61.30 10/31/202345,530,000 shares $2.81 billion +0.9%5.2%4.9 $61.82 10/15/202345,120,000 shares $2.90 billion -3.0%5.1%4.8 $64.37 9/30/202346,500,000 shares $3.02 billion -6.0%5.3%5 $64.88 9/15/202349,450,000 shares $3.27 billion -2.6%5.6%5.4 $66.16Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 8/31/202350,750,000 shares $3.19 billion +6.1%5.8%5.5 $62.79 8/15/202347,840,000 shares $3.04 billion +4.8%5.4%4.8 $63.54 7/31/202345,630,000 shares $2.88 billion -5.1%5.2%4.3 $63.13 7/15/202348,100,000 shares $2.86 billion +0.9%5.4%4.5 $59.38 6/30/202347,650,000 shares $2.80 billion No Change5.4%4.5 $58.80 6/15/202347,650,000 shares $2.78 billion -1.4%5.4%4.2 $58.43 5/31/202348,320,000 shares $2.79 billion +0.7%5.4%3.9 $57.66 5/15/202348,010,000 shares $2.81 billion -3.5%5.4%3.6 $58.52 4/30/202349,760,000 shares $3.06 billion -0.3%5.5%3.7 $61.53 4/15/202349,930,000 shares $3.22 billion +2.5%5.6%3.7 $64.48 3/31/202348,710,000 shares $3.04 billion +5.6%5.4%3.5 $62.43 3/15/202346,120,000 shares $2.62 billion -2.6%5.1%3.5 $56.80 2/28/202347,370,000 shares $2.77 billion -0.8%5.3%3.8 $58.56 2/15/202347,750,000 shares $3.00 billion -2.9%5.3%4 $62.90 1/31/202349,170,000 shares $3.19 billion -6.5%5.4%4 $64.79 1/15/202352,590,000 shares $3.43 billion -0.1%5.8%4.1 $65.31 12/30/202252,620,000 shares $3.31 billion -4.2%5.8%3.8 $62.99 12/15/202254,930,000 shares $3.47 billion -2.9%6.1%3.4 $63.16 11/30/202256,550,000 shares $3.93 billion +1.4%6.2%3 $69.49 11/15/202255,790,000 shares $4.15 billion +6.2%6.2%2.7 $74.43 10/31/202252,540,000 shares $3.81 billion +0.7%5.7%2.3 $72.60 10/15/202252,190,000 shares $3.48 billion -1.9%5.6%2.2 $66.68 9/30/202253,190,000 shares $3.27 billion -15.8%5.7%2.2 $61.45 9/15/202263,170,000 shares $4.11 billion -8.6%6.8%2.5 $65.09 8/31/202269,110,000 shares $4.91 billion +7.8%7.4%2.6 $71.00 8/15/202264,130,000 shares $4.13 billion +4.3%6.9%2.4 $64.34 7/31/202261,470,000 shares $4.04 billion +7.5%N/A2.3 $65.75 7/15/202257,180,000 shares $3.36 billion +4.2%N/A2 $58.71 6/30/202254,900,000 shares $3.23 billion +2.3%7.3%1.9 $58.88 6/15/202253,650,000 shares $3.23 billion -10.8%7.2%1.9 $60.28 5/31/202260,150,000 shares $4.17 billion +12.2%N/A1.8 $69.31 5/15/202253,600,000 shares $3.43 billion +7.0%N/A1.4 $64.08 4/30/202250,090,000 shares $2.76 billion -3.6%N/A1.4 $55.09 4/15/202251,950,000 shares $3.08 billion -7.5%N/A1.5 $59.34 3/31/202256,130,000 shares $3.18 billion +5.0%N/A1.7 $56.74 3/15/202253,440,000 shares $2.91 billion +51.5%5.7%1.8 $54.53 2/28/202235,270,000 shares $1.54 billion -2.6%3.8%1.4 $43.73 2/15/202236,220,000 shares $1.44 billion +3.6%3.9%2.1 $39.85 1/31/202234,950,000 shares $1.32 billion -0.5%3.8%2.1 $37.67 1/15/202235,140,000 shares $1.25 billion +4.4%3.8%2.3 $35.51 12/31/202133,670,000 shares $976.09 million -0.5%3.6%2.3 $28.99 12/15/202133,830,000 shares $964.83 million -0.7%3.6%2.1 $28.52 11/30/202134,070,000 shares $1.01 billion -0.5%3.7%2 $29.65 11/15/202134,240,000 shares $1.09 billion -3.9%3.7%2 $31.98 10/29/202135,640,000 shares $1.20 billion -0.3%3.8%2.1 $33.53 10/15/202135,760,000 shares $1.13 billion +14.7%3.8%2.1 $31.66 9/30/202131,170,000 shares $922.01 million +14.3%3.4%1.8 $29.58 9/15/202127,280,000 shares $760.57 million +15.5%2.9%1.7 $27.88 8/31/202123,630,000 shares $607.05 million +6.0%2.5%1.4 $25.69 8/13/202122,290,000 shares $574.86 million -1.9%2.4%1.3 $25.79Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 7/30/202122,710,000 shares $592.73 million -1.7%2.4%1.3 $26.10 7/15/202123,110,000 shares $629.29 million -8.6%2.5%1.3 $27.23 6/30/202125,290,000 shares $790.82 million +0.1%2.7%1.4 $31.27 6/15/202125,260,000 shares $737.59 million +10.0%2.7%1.4 $29.20 5/28/202122,970,000 shares $596.30 million -3.0%2.5%1.3 $25.96 5/14/202123,690,000 shares $561.69 million +6.4%N/A1.3 $23.71 4/30/202122,260,000 shares $577.42 million -3.0%N/A1.2 $25.94 4/15/202122,940,000 shares $586.12 million -8.2%N/A1.2 $25.55 3/31/202124,980,000 shares $682.70 million -7.4%N/A1.2 $27.33 3/15/202126,970,000 shares $826.09 million -3.6%N/A1.3 $30.63 2/26/202127,970,000 shares $748.20 million -8.5%N/A1.2 $26.75 2/12/202130,580,000 shares $763.89 million +6.6%N/A1.3 $24.98 1/29/202128,700,000 shares $601.27 million -10.3%N/A1.1 $20.95 1/15/202131,990,000 shares $775.44 million -0.4%N/A1.2 $24.24 12/31/202032,130,000 shares $575.45 million -13.5%N/A1.2 $17.91 12/15/202037,150,000 shares $712.17 million +5.2%N/A1.4 $19.17 11/30/202035,310,000 shares $584.73 million +1.7%N/A1.3 $16.56 11/15/202034,730,000 shares $409.81 million -26.8%N/A1.3 $11.80 10/30/202047,470,000 shares $433.40 million +4.4%N/A1.8 $9.13 10/15/202045,450,000 shares $474.95 million -1.8%N/A1.9 $10.45 9/30/202046,290,000 shares $463.36 million -6.8%N/A1.9 $10.01 9/15/202049,670,000 shares $531.97 million +4.8%N/A2 $10.71 8/31/202047,380,000 shares $603.62 million +6.4%N/A1.8 $12.74 8/14/202044,530,000 shares $651.92 million +11.2%N/A1.4 $14.64 7/31/202040,060,000 shares $630.54 million -17.6%N/A1.2 $15.74 7/15/202048,600,000 shares $810.65 million -10.0%N/A1.3 $16.68 6/30/202053,970,000 shares $987.65 million +1.9%N/A1.2 $18.30 6/15/202052,980,000 shares $1.01 billion -18.2%N/A1.1 $19.05 5/29/202064,800,000 shares $839.16 million -15.9%N/A1.3 $12.95 OXY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Occidental Petroleum's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Occidental Petroleum shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 33,950,000 shares of OXY short. Learn More on Occidental Petroleum's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Occidental Petroleum? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. OXY shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Occidental Petroleum's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Occidental Petroleum? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Occidental Petroleum: Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., CMT Capital Markets Trading GmbH, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Nomura Holdings Inc., Twin Tree Management LP, Susquehanna International Group LLP, HAP Trading LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Eisler Capital Management Ltd., PEAK6 LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Garda Capital Partners LP, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Maven Securities LTD, Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, Citigroup Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, SG Americas Securities LLC, IMC Chicago LLC, and CTC LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Occidental Petroleum's short interest increasing or decreasing? Occidental Petroleum saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 33,950,000 shares, a decline of 5.1% from the previous total of 35,770,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Occidental Petroleum's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "energy" compare to Occidental Petroleum: Hess Co. (3.02%), Murphy Oil Co. (17.33%), Exxon Mobil Co. (1.06%), Chevron Co. (3.46%), TotalEnergies SE (0.30%), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (0.36%), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (1.22%), EOG Resources, Inc. (2.78%), Eni S.p.A. (0.04%), Diamondback Energy, Inc. (2.10%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Occidental Petroleum stock? Short selling OXY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Occidental Petroleum as its price is falling. OXY shares are trading down $0.22 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Occidental Petroleum? A short squeeze for Occidental Petroleum occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of OXY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Occidental Petroleum's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including OXY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Hess Short Interest Murphy Oil Short Interest Exxon Mobil Short Interest Chevron Short Interest TotalEnergies Short Interest Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Short Interest Canadian Natural Resources Short Interest EOG Resources Short Interest ENI Short Interest Diamondback Energy Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:OXY) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. 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