Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) is -19.53% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $47.20 and a high of $71.18 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The OXY stock was last observed hovering at around $48.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.67%.
Currently trading at $48.05, the stock is -4.05% and -6.37% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 10.01 million and changing -1.38% at the moment leaves the stock -17.80% off its SMA200. OXY registered -14.91% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.72%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $51.3894 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $58.51675.
The stock witnessed a -4.91% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.15%, and is -4.66% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.62% over the week and 2.38% over the month.
Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) has around 12570 employees, a market worth around $45.09B and $27.51B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.51 and Fwd P/E is 14.36. Profit margin for the company is 13.38%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.80% and -32.50% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.06%).
with sales reaching $7.01B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -7.08% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -5.93% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -6.90% in year-over-year returns.
Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) Top Institutional Holders
1586.0 institutions hold shares in Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY), with institutional investors hold 70.13% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 938.17M, and float is at 935.52M with Short Float at 3.52%. Institutions hold 50.87% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC with over 255.28 million shares valued at $16.09 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 28.8747% of the OXY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is DODGE & COX with 78.36 million shares valued at $4.94 billion to account for 8.8634 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 56.09 million shares representing 6.3442% and valued at over $3.54 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.7385 of the shares totaling 41.89 million with a market value of $2.65 billion.
Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/, the company’s 10% Owner. SEC filings show that OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ sold 19,500,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 14 ’24 at a price of $35.75 per share for a total of $697.12 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 165.68 million shares.
Occidental Petroleum Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 14 ’24 that OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ (10% Owner) sold a total of 19,500,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 14 ’24 and was made at $35.75 per share for $697.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 165.68 million shares of the OXY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 13 ’24, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (10% Owner) acquired 1,552,497 shares at an average price of $59.77 for $92.79 million. The insider now directly holds 253,886,410 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY).
