Occidental Petroleum Dividend yield

Occidental Petroleum is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Occidental Petroleum is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Occidental Petroleum stock dividend

Occidental Petroleum paid a total dividend of 647 million USD last year, for a market value of 56,385 millions (Market Cap 43,732 millions). Occidental Petroleum dividend per share is 0.72 USD, and his stock market price 62.79 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Occidental Petroleum has a dividend yield of 1.15%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Oil and Gas industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Occidental Petroleum stocks dividend with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Occidental Petroleum Dividend Payout

About the ability of Occidental Petroleum to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.72 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.15%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Occidental Petroleum payout on ernings is currently 5.16%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Occidental Petroleumcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Occidental Petroleum is USD 18.47 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.72, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Occidental Petroleum, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Occidental Petroleum Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Occidental Petroleum's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.15%	0.72	5.16%	898
2022	0.83%	0.52	30.95%	909
2021	0.14%	0.04	-0.23%	934
2020	0.23%	0.04	-3.77%	930
2019	7.67%	3.16	69.00%	895
2018	5.08%	3.12	182.46%	755
2017	4.18%	3.08	-410.67%	765
2016	4.26%	3.04	-29.83%	764
2015	3.97%	3.00	148.51%	764

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Occidental Petroleum dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Oil and Gas Producers stocks.

Occidental Petroleum Stock performance

Finally, last moth Occidental Petroleum showed a return of -0.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -11.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Oil and Gas Producers firms.