The Latest Breaking News from Occidental Petroleum

What is a Value Stock? A value stock is traditionally defined in terms of how investors in the marketplace are valuing that company's future growth prospects. Low P/E multiples are good base indicators that the company is undervalued and can most likely be labelled as a value stock.

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Occidental Petroleum. Looking at options history for Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) we detected 18 strange trades.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

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According to Benzinga Pro, during Q1, Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) earned $4.88 billion, a 217.24% increase from the preceding quarter. Occidental Petroleum also posted a total of $8.53 billion in sales, a 6.53% increase since Q4.

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.02% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.24%. Currently, Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $65.81 billion.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Analysts have provided the following ratings for Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) within the last quarter:

Warren Buffett is arguably the world’s most famous investor, and his investment moves are closely followed. Each quarter, the company he runs, Berkshire Hathaway, discloses its current holdings to shareholders.

While most of the market has been mired in a brutal correction, energy stocks have had a very mild pullback. Investors should consider buying a high-quality energy stock like Ovintiv (OVV), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and VAALCO Energy (EGY) as the underlying fundamentals keep improving.

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.06% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 7.76%. Currently, Occidental Petroleum has a market capitalization of $64.08 billion.