Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) Forecast To Gain 22.42% And Reach Consensus Price Target

Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY) has a beta value of 1.62 and has seen 1.58 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $45.67B, closed the recent trade at $50.43 per share which meant it lost -$0.13 on the day or -0.25% during that session. The OXY stock price is -41.15% off its 52-week high price of $71.18 and 1.82% above the 52-week low of $49.51. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 9.48 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 12.06 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.44. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 1 rate it as Overweight. 5 out of 17 have rated it as a Hold, with 11 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.74.

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Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY) trade information

Sporting -0.25% in the red today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the OXY stock price touched $50.43 or saw a rise of 0.53%. Year-to-date, Occidental Petroleum Corp shares have moved -15.54%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 0.71%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY) have changed -9.80%. Short interest in the company has seen 33.75 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.44.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $65, which means that the shares’ value could jump 22.42% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $24.0 while the price target rests at a high of $90.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -78.47% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 52.41% from the levels at last check today..

Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Occidental Petroleum Corp shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -22.49% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -11.08%, compared to -3.70% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -4.60%.

11 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 7.26B for the current quarter. 11 have an estimated revenue figure of 7.3B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 7.21B and 7.53B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 0.80% for the current quarter and -4.60% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -6.24% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -12.39% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 14.00%.

OXY Dividends

Occidental Petroleum Corp is expected to release its next earnings report on 2024-Nov-12 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.84 at a share yield of 1.67%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 3.96%.

Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY)’s Major holders

Insiders own 27.56% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 50.36% with a share float percentage of 69.52%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Occidental Petroleum Corp having a total of 1562.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC with over 255.28 million shares worth more than $16.09 billion. As of 2024-06-30, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC held 28.8747% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is DODGE & COX, with the holding of over 78.36 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $4.94 billion and represent 8.8634% of shares outstanding.