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The price of Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) closed at $43.17 in the last session, down -2.59% from day before closing price of $44.32. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 14.13 million shares were traded. OXY stock price reached its highest trading level at $43.905 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $42.8.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at OXY’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 19.54 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.20. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.71 and its Current Ratio is at 0.94. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.63 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.57.
On October 17, 2025, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $42.
Mizuho Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on October 03, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $60.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 16 ’25 when KLESSE WILLIAM R bought 5,000 shares for $38.98 per share. The transaction valued at 194,900 led to the insider holds 218,913 shares of the business.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC bought 763,017 shares of OXY for $35,724,074 on Feb 07 ’25. The 10% Owner now owns 264,941,431 shares after completing the transaction at $46.82 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, OXY now has a Market Capitalization of 42531532800 and an Enterprise Value of 72040538112. As of this moment, Occidental’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 31.42, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 32.53. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.52. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.708 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.676.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for OXY is 0.41, which has changed by -0.14720029 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15507638 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, OXY has reached a high of $52.78, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.10%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.63%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, OXY traded on average about 9.79M shares per day over the past 3-months and 12533660 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 985.18M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 981.74M. Insiders hold about 0.35% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.83% stake in the company. Shares short for OXY as of 1767139200 were 40329206 with a Short Ratio of 4.12, compared to 1764288000 on 37562691. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 40329206 and a Short% of Float of 6.36.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for OXY is 0.96, which was 0.94 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.021209387. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.12. The current Payout Ratio is 36.00% for OXY, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-10 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-10. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-02-25 when the company split stock in a 10000:9983 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 12.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.31, with high estimates of $0.61 and low estimates of $0.18.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.68 and $2.03 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.28. EPS for the following year is $1.43, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $2.55 and $0.88.
Revenue Estimates
According to 9 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $6.02B. It ranges from a high estimate of $6.64B to a low estimate of $5.11B. As of. The current estimate, Occidental Petroleum Corp’s year-ago sales were $6.84BFor the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $5.35B. There is a high estimate of $6.26B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.73B.
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for OXY’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $27.17B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $25.02B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $26.08B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $26.88BBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $21.84B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $26.27B and the low estimate is $19.99B.
