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Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY) receives an Outperform rating from Wolfe Research

Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s recent filing unveils that its 10% Owner BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC acquired Company’s shares for reported $19.98 million on Jun 17 ’24. In the deal valued at $59.75 per share,334,461 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC now holds 255,281,524 shares worth roughly $15.06 billion.

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Then, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC bought 1,060,653 shares, generating $63,203,570 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $59.59, the 10% Owner now owns 254,947,063 shares.

Before that, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC bought 1,552,497 shares. Occidental Petroleum Corp. shares valued at $92,789,485 were divested by the 10% Owner at a price of $59.77 per share. As a result of the transaction, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC now holds 253,886,410 shares, worth roughly $14.97 billion.

A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Truist’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid May from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. Scotiabank also remained covering OXY and has increased its forecast on April 11, 2024 with a “Sector outperform” recommendation from previously “Sector perform” rating. Barclays started covering the stock on April 10, 2024. It rated OXY as “an Equal weight”.

Price Performance Review of OXY

On Monday, Occidental Petroleum Corp. [NYSE:OXY] saw its stock jump 0.98% to $58.98. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.98%. Occidental Petroleum Corp. shares have fallen nearly -1.22% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -7.45% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $71.18 was reached on 04/12/24, a 52-week low of $55.04 was recorded on 08/05/24. SMA at 50 days reached $60.76, while 200 days put it at $61.32.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For OXY Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 58.49, which if violated will result in even more drops to 57.99. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 59.29. A further resistance level may holdings at 59.60. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 45.72, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.20, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 37.56%. Stochastics%K at 54.12% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Occidental Petroleum Corp.?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Occidental Petroleum Corp. stocks on , dropping by -1.85 million shares to a total of 30.84 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-06-28 was 32.69 million shares. There was a decline of -6.01%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on April 08, 2024 when HSBC Securities began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Hold”‘ rating along with a $65 price target.

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