Occidental Petroleum
About: Occidental Petroleum is an independent exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Latin America, and the Middle East. At the end of 2023, the company reported net proved reserves of nearly 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 1,327 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2024 at a ratio of roughly 50% oil and natural gas liquids and 50% natural gas.
Employees: 13,323
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
6% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.15B | Put options by funds: $2.03B
4% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 168 | Existing positions closed: 161
1% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $37.4B [Q3] → $37B (-$367M) [Q4]
1.16% less ownership
Funds ownership: 77.47% [Q3] → 76.3% (-1.16%) [Q4]
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,184 [Q3] → 1,134 (-50) [Q4]
19% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 366 | Existing positions reduced: 450
24% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 25 [Q3] → 19 (-6) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
UBS Josh Silverstein 49% 1-year accuracy 25 / 51 met price target | 11%upside $56 | Neutral Maintained | 20 Feb 2025 |
Wells Fargo Roger Read 39% 1-year accuracy 43 / 109 met price target | 3%upside $52 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 20 Feb 2025 |
Stephens & Co. Mike Scialla 51% 1-year accuracy 19 / 37 met price target | 41%upside $71 | Overweight Reiterated | 19 Feb 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Neil Mehta 49% 1-year accuracy 31 / 63 met price target | 11%downside $45 | Sell Downgraded | 31 Jan 2025 |
Truist Securities Neal Dingmann 41% 1-year accuracy 63 / 153 met price target | 15%upside $58 | Hold Maintained | 13 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 64 articles about OXY published over the past 30 days









