Occidental Petroleum Corporation · OXY · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

Occidental pairs balance-sheet repair with production and CO2-EOR plans

The current quarter strengthens the case that Occidental can support future growth through resilient production, cost reductions, balance-sheet repair and targeted CO2-EOR investment. The evidence is constructive, but the thesis still depends on oil-price resilience and execution of the CO2-EOR and STRATOS projects.

Reported After market closeNYSEEnergy $57.77B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.64 Consensus $0.51
EPS surprise +25.0% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $6.62B Consensus $6.75B
Revenue surprise -1.9% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +0.1% Event window
SPY move +0.2% Same window
Abnormal move -0.1% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -0.2% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, Occidental moved from debt reduction and STRATOS commissioning toward a completed OxyChem sale, a lower targeted debt balance, stronger reported production and a defined 2026 capex range. The company also emphasized CO2-EOR commercialization and raised full-year guidance.

Guidance delta

Management raised full-year guidance and set a flexible 2026 capex range of $6.3 billion to $6.7 billion, focused on high-return Permian work, Gulf of America waterfloods, and Oman.

Key takeaways

  • The OxyChem sale supplied about $6.5 billion of cash, supporting debt reduction toward a target below $15 billion.
  • Third-quarter production of 1.47 million BOE/d exceeded guidance, while management cited record Permian output and low lease operating costs.
  • Management reported $3.2 billion of operating cash flow and $1.5 billion of free cash flow despite lower oil prices.
  • Cost efficiencies have delivered $2 billion of annualized savings, and capital spending was reduced by $300 million year to date.
  • CO2-EOR projects and the STRATOS plant are positioned as longer-term production and carbon-management initiatives.

Management priorities

  • Reduce debt following the OxyChem sale.
  • Prioritize high-return Permian development and Gulf of America and Oman waterflood projects.
  • Advance CO2-EOR projects and begin CO2 injection at STRATOS in Q1.
  • Continue cost-efficiency and supply-chain savings.
  • Maintain an opportunistic share-repurchase program while targeting a $3 billion to $4 billion cash balance.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
OXY REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 8 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $7B Q4 '23 actual $7B, beat Q1 '24 estimate $7B Q1 '24 actual $6B, miss Q2 '24 estimate $7B Q2 '24 actual $7B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $6B Q2 '25 actual $6B, miss Q3 '25 estimate $7B Q3 '25 actual $7B, miss Q4 '25 estimate $6B Q4 '25 actual $5B, miss Q1 '26 estimate $5B Q1 '26 actual $5B, miss Q2 '26 estimate $7B Q2 '26 actual $8B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $7B Q4 '26 estimate $6B Q1 '27 estimate $6B

Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold49 ratings
Bullish2551.0%
Neutral2244.9%
Bearish24.1%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$58.08Current
$24Low
$61.79Average
$86High

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Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Goldman Sachs Buy NeutralUpgradeOct 1, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainSep 14, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 14, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 11, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 17, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $58.08. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Goldman SachsNeil Mehta$69$55.32 +18.8%Oct 1, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$82$61.46 +41.2%Sep 14, 2026
UBSJosh Silverstein$67$61.46 +15.4%Sep 14, 2026
Evercore ISIStephen Richardson$70$61.24 +20.5%Sep 11, 2026
Seaport GlobalAnalyst unavailable$73$60.91 +25.7%Sep 3, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States and internationally. It operates through Oil and Gas and Midstream and Marketing. The Oil and Gas segment explores for, develops, and produces oil and condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas. This segment also optimizes its transportation and storage capacity and invests in entities. The Midstream and Marketing segment purchases, markets, gathers, processes, transports and stores oil, condensate, NGLs, natural gas, carbon dioxide, and power. Occidental Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-04T04:50:45.728878+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-04T04:50:45.726179+00:00

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