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Occidental Petroleum Corporation OXY

$58.08 +0.41% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $57.77B

Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $6.50, up 282.4% year over year.
  2. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 12 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +55.1%).
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 63 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth45Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 14%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 34%
Quality72Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 3%
  • Gross marginTop 35%
  • Operating marginTop 32%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 34%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 33%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
  • Interest coverTop 35%
Value93Exceptional

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 13%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 27%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 41%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 13%
Momentum60Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 43%
  • 6-month returnBottom 48%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 40%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 33%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions84Strong

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 18%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 4%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 41%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 44%
Stability87Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 33%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 47%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 7%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-16.3%-7.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)62.4%282.4%↑
Gross margin34.6%43.4%↑
Operating margin20.0%23.0%↑
FCF margin18.5%21.1%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-7.1%-16.3%↑Bottom 17%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)282.4%62.4%↑Top 10%
Gross margin43.4%34.6%↑Top 35%
Operating margin23.0%20.0%↑Top 32%
Net margin28.8%8.7%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin21.1%18.5%↑—
Return on invested capital40.7%—Top 3%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-15.9%—Bottom 14%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.51×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-4.6%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+5.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.75×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
6.9×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.86%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
1.27%
Shareholder yield
4.14%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+1.8%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
12
Beats in the last 8 reports
8 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+55.1%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.2%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$71.40
Target vs current price
+22.9%
Analysts with a rating
52
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
52%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026+31.1%-2.3%+7.2%+10.6%—
May 5, 2026+76.4%-1.5%-8.5%-2.0%-7.2%
Feb 18, 2026+88.0%+2.5%+13.1%+25.7%+22.3%
Nov 10, 2025+25.0%+1.2%+3.5%+0.1%+9.2%
Aug 6, 2025+31.2%-1.3%+2.5%+7.5%-5.8%
May 7, 2025+11.1%-0.7%+13.0%+6.7%+10.5%
Feb 18, 2025+18.2%+1.6%+3.7%-1.7%-7.6%
Nov 12, 2024+35.1%-1.0%+0.2%-5.4%-4.8%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$2.40$1.83+31.1%$8.06B
May 5, 2026$1.06$0.60+76.4%$5.23B
Feb 18, 2026$0.31$0.16+88.0%$5.11B
Nov 10, 2025$0.64$0.51+25.0%$6.62B
Aug 6, 2025$0.39$0.30+31.2%$6.41B
May 7, 2025$0.87$0.78+11.1%$6.80B
Feb 18, 2025$0.80$0.68+18.2%$6.76B
Nov 12, 2024$1.00$0.74+35.1%$7.17B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)8.9×13.8×26thTop 13%
P/E (forward)9.1×———
EV / EBITDA4.9×——Top 12%
EV / Sales2.71×——Bottom 41%
Free-cash-flow yield9.20%——Top 27%
Earnings yield11.19%——Top 13%

P/E over the past five years

Range 4.8× – 30.5× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+21.7%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+282.4%
Change in P/E multiple
-66.9%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
63
50-day average slope (20 days)
+4.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+3.3%
Distance from 50-day average
-0.5%
Distance from 200-day average
+7.5%
RSI (14)
49.6
Relative volume
0.95×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
33.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
51th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.02
Correlation with S&P 500
0.01
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-12.3%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-47.9%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 7, 2022Apr 8, 2025-52.5%605 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 25, 2021Aug 20, 2021-33.3%39 days34 days (Oct 8, 2021)
Mar 5, 2021Apr 20, 2021-25.7%31 days46 days (Jun 24, 2021)
Oct 26, 2021Dec 20, 2021-23.7%38 days18 days (Jan 14, 2022)
Aug 29, 2022Sep 26, 2022-23.1%19 days30 days (Nov 7, 2022)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$57.77B
P/E (TTM)
8.9
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$6.50
Revenue (TTM)
$25.19B
Dividend yield
1.79%
52-week range
$38.80 – $67.45
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$25.96B$36.25B$28.33B$27.10B$21.59B
Gross profit$7.60B$17.05B$9.74B$9.65B$7.29B
Operating income$4.67B$13.28B$6.49B$5.97B$3.72B
Net income$2.31B$13.22B$4.67B$3.04B$2.37B
EPS (diluted)$1.58$12.40$3.90$2.44$1.61
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$7.09B$6.92B$6.80B$6.32B$6.62B$5.01B$5.23B$8.33B
Net income$1.13B-$125.0M$931.0M$431.0M$830.0M$102.0M$3.35B$2.98B
EPS (diluted)$0.98-$0.31$0.77$0.26$0.65-$0.07$3.17$2.75
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$10.43B$16.81B$12.31B$11.44B$10.53B
Capital expenditure-$2.87B-$4.35B-$6.25B-$7.02B-$6.43B
Free cash flow$7.56B$12.46B$6.06B$4.42B$4.11B
Dividends paid-$839.0M-$1.18B-$1.36B-$1.45B-$1.59B
Net share buybacks$23.0M-$2.81B-$3.32B$557.0M$966.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$4.15B
Total assets
$80.36B
Total liabilities
$37.98B
Total debt
$14.63B
Net debt
$10.48B
Shareholders’ equity
$41.75B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 10, 2026$0.28Oct 15, 2026
Jun 10, 2026$0.26Jul 15, 2026
Mar 10, 2026$0.26Apr 15, 2026
Dec 10, 2025$0.24Jan 15, 2026
Sep 10, 2025$0.24Oct 15, 2025
Jun 10, 2025$0.24Jul 15, 2025
Mar 10, 2025$0.24Apr 15, 2025
Dec 10, 2024$0.22Jan 15, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
21,630,230
Days to cover
2.81
Change vs previous report
+3.2%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 1, 2014
521-for-500
Aug 16, 2006
2-for-1