Previous Close | 58.81 |
Open | 59.12 |
Bid | 58.82 x 1200 |
Ask | 58.94 x 1100 |
Day's Range | 58.56 - 59.23 |
52 Week Range | 54.30 - 77.13 |
Volume | |
Avg. Volume | 12,923,801 |
Market Cap | 52.559B |
Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.81 |
PE Ratio (TTM) | 6.74 |
EPS (TTM) | 8.75 |
Earnings Date | Jul 31, 2023 - Aug 04, 2023 |
Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.72 (1.22%) |
Ex-Dividend Date | Jun 08, 2023 |
1y Target Est | 71.30 |
Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Occidental Petroleum fair value estimate is US$68.60 Current...
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Oil prices cratered during the early days of the pandemic, taking oil stocks with them. Crude prices and oil stocks have cooled off over the past several months on macroeconomic concerns. Three that stand out are Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), and Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO).
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Buffett took advantage of that earnings presentation, which was worse than the market expected, sending the stock down. Buffett bought cheaper. He paid about $201 million for 3.46M shares of Occidental between May 16 and 18. Buffett's purchases helped raise the share price or at least stabilize it. That week, they rose almost 2%.
Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest insider trades and institutional investor headlines you may have missed this week: news out of Berkshire Hathaway and Occidental, and Elliott and NRG Energy, and top brass buys at Luminar and Skillz. Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) announced that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKb) increased its ownership in the oil company, as InvestingPro reported in real time.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) has been buying shares of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) hand over fist. Berkshire Hathaway now owns nearly 24% of the oil company's outstanding shares. While Buffett recently dismissed the idea of acquiring Occidental, his company has the approval to boost that position up to 50%.
Why has Buffett invested over 18% of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) in these three recently underperforming stocks? The main U.S. stock market indexes are up so far in 2023, as is Berkshire Hathaway's share price.
Wall Street is keeping a close eye on debt ceiling negotiation updates ahead of the weekend. The major equity averages posted two consecutive sessions of gains, lifting the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to the best weekly performance since March. Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says interest rates may not have to climb as much as expected to keep inflation in check. Powell’s comments come on the heels of recent indicators from Fed officials that the June rate decision could point to more of a cliffhanger than initially anticipated. In a week full of earnings from U.S. retailers that showed a pullback of discretionary consumer spending, Farfetch Limited (NYSE: FTCH) reported an increase of 8% in revenue for fiscal Q1 2023. The London-based luxury fashion retailer posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss and reiterated its gross merchandise volume outlook for the full-year. Shares soared above $15 a share in Friday morning trade. Berkshire Hathaway upped its stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY), raising its total stake above $12 billion to over 20% of the energy producer. At Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting, Warren Buffett made clear that the Nebraska-based conglomerate has no intention of taking control of the company. Occidental shares hovered right below $60 a share ahead of the weekend.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Thursday it had acquired more shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp, boosting its stake in the oil company to 24.4%. In a regulatory filing, the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett said it paid about $201 million for 3.46 million Occidental shares between May 16 and 18. Berkshire has bought Occidental shares on each of the last six trading days, paying about $327 million for 5.62 million shares.
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Occidental (OXY) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is a global oil and gas industry behemoth. It also boasts a globally integrated business, enabling it to maximize the value of the hydrocarbons it produces. Meanwhile, Exxon has an emerging low-carbon business.
One of the biggest headlines from the 2023 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting was that the company continued to sell Chevron (NYSE: CVX) stock in Q1 2023. In fact, Chevron has now slipped to its fifth-largest public equity holding, down from its previous rank at number three. Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), an oil and gas exploration and production company, is Berkshire's seventh-largest holding with a fair value of of $13.2 billion.
Don't get distracted by the carbon capture hype -- Occidental Petroleum is still very much an energy company.
The Oracle of Omaha has spent more of his company's cash buying shares of this stock than Apple, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum combined!
On the call with us today are Vicki Hollub, president and chief executive officer; Rob Peterson, senior vice president and chief financial officer; and Richard Jackson, president, operations, U.S. onshore resources and carbon management. Vicki, please go ahead.
The Nasdaq ended Wednesday at its highest intraday level in more than eight months, boosted by a slightly lower-than-expected increase in April inflation and Alphabet Inc's latest artificial intelligence rollout. The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in April from a year ago, compared with expectations of a 5% increase, raising hopes that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hiking cycle is close to an end.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes rose on Wednesday, helped by a slightly lower-than-expected increase in April inflation and Alphabet Inc's latest artificial intelligence rollout. The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in April from a year ago, compared with expectations of a 5% increase, raising hopes that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hiking cycle is close to an end. Month-over-month CPI in April rose 0.4% after gaining 0.1% in March.
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Occidental Petroleum Corp on Wednesday said it will distribute any excess cash from high oil prices to shareholders instead of funding direct air capture (DAC) plants. The U.S. oil producer has the most ambitious plan in the industry to bring to scale a decarbonization technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air and buries it underground. It is building its first large scale DAC plant in Texas.