Occidental Petroleum Corp’s recently made public that its Director KLESSE WILLIAM R acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.19 million on Dec 16 ’25. In the deal valued at $38.98 per share,5,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, KLESSE WILLIAM R now holds 218,913 shares worth roughly $8.78 million.
Then, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC bought 763,017 shares, generating $35,724,074 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $46.82, the 10% Owner now owns 264,941,431 shares.
JP Morgan downgraded its Occidental Petroleum Corp [OXY] rating to an Underweight from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid October with a ‘”an Underweight”‘ rating. Mizuho also remained covering OXY and has increased its forecast on October 03, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. HSBC Securities revised its rating on October 03, 2025. It rated OXY as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of OXY
On Tuesday, Occidental Petroleum Corp [NYSE:OXY] saw its stock fall -0.42% to $40.1. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.03%. Occidental Petroleum Corp shares have fallen nearly -11.60% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -18.84% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $53.20 was reached on 01/13/25, a 52-week low of $34.78 was recorded on 04/09/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For OXY Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 39.73, which if violated will result in even more drops to 39.36. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 40.45. A further resistance level may holdings at 40.81.
How much short interest is there in Occidental Petroleum Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Occidental Petroleum Corp stocks on 2025-11-28, growing by 0.71 million shares to a total of 37.56 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-10-31 was 36.86 million shares. There was a rise of 1.88%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on August 20, 2025 when Melius began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Hold”‘ rating along with a $64 price target.
