Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Occidental Petroleum (OXY) closed at $63.49, marking a +2.76% move from the previous day.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Its Chemical segment manufactures and markets basic chemicals, including chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated organics, potassium chemicals, ethylene dichloride, sodium silicates, and calcium chloride. The Midstream and Marketing segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases, and markets oil, condensate, NGLs, natural gas, carbon dioxide, and power.
In the latest trading session, Occidental Petroleum (OXY) closed at $63.49, marking a +2.76% move from the previous day.
FEATURE Stocks fell Tuesday as the yield reached its highest level in 19 years and investor fears over the selloff in artificial-intelligence stocks Monday began to ease. Chip and memory stocks edged higher, having taken a battering on Monday after several top executives called for a slowdown in AI development.
Zacks.com users have recently been watching Occidental (OXY) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.
FEATURE Stock futures were falling on Tuesday as a rally in oil prices drove the yield to its highest level in more than 19 years. Chip and memory stocks were edging higher, having taken a battering on Monday after several top executives called for a slowdown in AI development.
ExxonMobil (XOM) stock has gained about 52% over the past year and now trades right at the top of its 52-week range. Anyone buying here is paying for something still ahead. The clearest candidate sits offshore Guyana, where the company has just finished earning back what it put in.
Occidental Petroleum isn't just a high oil price story, and that's a good thing for investors.
Diesel prices have hit $6 a gallon for the first time in history and Brent crude oil prices are trading at around $105 a barrel—though they have fallen back from earlier highs of close to $110. Consumer price index data for August, due to be released at 8.30 a.m. Eastern time, will be closely watched by investors and by Federal Reserve officials. Cooler-than-expected CPI data later could shift the numbers and the t […]
A crucial day for inflation and the U.S. economy is off to a bad start. Diesel prices have hit $6 a gallon for the first time in history and Brent crude oil prices are trading at around $105 a barrel—though they have fallen back from earlier highs of close to $110. Consumer price index data for August, due to be released at 8.30 a.m. Eastern time, will be closely watched by investors and by Federal Reserve official […]
ExxonMobil (XOM) carries the highest earnings multiple in its peer group at 20.5 times, and it is not the best business in that group. Its operating margin ranks fourth of six, and its revenue growth ranks fourth of six as well. The premium is paying for something the standalone refiners don't get credit for; MPC and VLO trade at 13.4x and 15.6x, so it's likely the combination of upstream stability and downstream opt […]