Occidental Petroleum Corporation · OXY · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026

Occidental Maintains Outlook While Cutting 2026 Capital Budget

The quarter supports a disciplined operating and capital-allocation narrative: production and free cash flow were resilient, while debt reduction and focused investment remained priorities. The thesis is less conclusive on longer-term growth because project execution and commodity prices remain important variables.

Reported After market closeNYSEEnergy $54.65B market cap
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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.31 Consensus $0.16
EPS surprise +88.0% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $5.11B Consensus $5.55B
Revenue surprise -7.9% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +9.4% Event window
SPY move -0.3% Same window
Abnormal move +9.6% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +15.6% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the emphasis shifted from a higher 2026 capital range and broader project expansion to a lower $5.5–$5.9 billion budget, continued deleveraging, and maintained execution priorities for waterflood projects and STRATOS.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its outlook while lowering the 2026 capital budget to $5.5–$5.9 billion and keeping the program focused on U.S. onshore and mid-cycle projects.

Key takeaways

  • Record production and free cash flow were reported despite lower oil prices.
  • Deleveraging remains central, alongside an 8% dividend increase and opportunistic repurchases.
  • Capital is being directed toward U.S. onshore assets, waterflood projects and STRATOS.
  • The investment case still depends on execution and commodity-price resilience.

Management priorities

  • Reduce debt toward approximately $10 billion over the medium term.
  • Advance STRATOS Phase 1 and Phase 2 commissioning in 2026.
  • Deploy Horn Mountain and other Gulf of America waterflood projects.
  • Maintain a lean capital program with about 70% of spending on U.S. onshore assets.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
OXY EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 8 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $0.67 Q4 '23 actual $0.74, beat Q1 '24 estimate $0.60 Q1 '24 actual $0.63, beat Q2 '24 estimate $0.77 Q2 '24 actual $1.03, beat Q2 '25 estimate $0.30 Q2 '25 actual $0.39, beat Q3 '25 estimate $0.51 Q3 '25 actual $0.64, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.16 Q4 '25 actual $0.31, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.60 Q1 '26 actual $1.06, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.83 Q2 '26 actual $2.40, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.22 Q4 '26 estimate $1.14 Q1 '27 estimate $1.10

Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold49 ratings
Bullish2449.0%
Neutral2244.9%
Bearish36.1%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$54.94Previous close
$24Low
$61.81Average
$86High

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Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainSep 14, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 14, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 11, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 17, 2026
Susquehanna Positive PositiveMaintainAug 11, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

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FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$82$61.46 +49.3%Sep 14, 2026
UBSJosh Silverstein$67$61.46 +22.0%Sep 14, 2026
Evercore ISIStephen Richardson$70$61.24 +27.4%Sep 11, 2026
Seaport GlobalAnalyst unavailable$73$60.91 +32.9%Sep 3, 2026
BarclaysBetty Jiang$71$58.36 +29.2%Aug 17, 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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