A look at Occidental Petroleum Corp’s (OXY) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Friday, Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) opened lower -0.02% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $40.37. Price fluctuations for OXY have ranged from $34.78 to $68.43 over the past 52 weeks.

Energy Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 10.82% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -24.17% at the time writing. With a float of $935.72 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $938.46 million.

The firm has a total of 13323 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.73%, operating margin of 18.54%, and the pretax margin is 14.61%.

Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Oil & Gas E&P industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Occidental Petroleum Corp is 0.43%, while institutional ownership is 77.14%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 07 ’25, was worth 35,724,074. In this transaction 10% Owner of this company bought 763,017 shares at a rate of $46.82, taking the stock ownership to the 264,941,431 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 19 ’24, when Company’s 10% Owner bought 3,614,015 for $45.60, making the entire transaction worth $164,787,626. This insider now owns 264,178,414 shares in total.

Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.57 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -24.17% per share during the next fiscal year.

Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.73. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.40. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.58.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.45, a number that is poised to hit 0.75 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.24 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Occidental Petroleum Corp, OXY], we can find that recorded value of 8.24 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 12.6 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 81.58%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.87.

During the past 100 days, Occidental Petroleum Corp’s (OXY) raw stochastic average was set at 30.27%, which indicates a significant decrease from 88.70% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 75.68% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 43.58% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $45.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $50.84. Now, the first resistance to watch is $40.61. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $40.85. The third major resistance level sits at $41.27. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $39.95, it is likely to go to the next support level at $39.53. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $39.29.

Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) Key Stats

There are currently 939,783K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 37.93 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 26,725 M according to its annual income of 3,056 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 6,760 M and its income totaled -127,000 K.