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Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Tops Q1 Earnings, Lags Revenues

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY - Free Report) is an integrated oil and gas company. This Houston, TX-based firm operates in the U.S. and several international territories with considerable exposure in exploration and production activities.

Estimate Trend & Surprise History

Investors should note that the first quarter Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings of 14 cents per share has decreased 58.8% over the last 90 days.

Coming to the earnings surprise, Occidental Petroleum has lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the last four quarters, resulting in a negative average surprise of 93.83%.

Zacks Rank: Occidental Petroleum has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

However, since the latest earnings performance is yet to be reflected in the estimate revisions, the rank is subject to change.

We have mentioned below some of the vital information from this just-revealed announcement.

Earnings: Occidental Petroleum beat on earnings. Our consensus called for first-quarter EPS of 14 cents, and the company reported EPS of 15 cents.

Revenue: Occidental Petroleum lagged the revenue estimates in the first quarter. The company posted revenues of $2,978 million in the first quarter, compared to our consensus estimate of $3,011 million.

Key Stats: Average daily oil and gas production volumes in the first quarter were 584 thousand barrels of oil equivalents (MBoe), and average daily sales volumes to 583 thousand boe.

Stock Price: It would be interesting to see how the market reacts to the earnings results during the trading session today.

Check back later for our full write up on this OXY earnings report later!

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