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Occidental Petroleum (Occidental Petroleum) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 9.17% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Occidental Petroleum's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $80,384 Mil. Occidental Petroleum's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,374 Mil. Occidental Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.17%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Occidental Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

OXY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -24.55   Med: 3.23   Max: 17.38
Current: 8.55

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Occidental Petroleum was 17.38%. The lowest was -24.55%. And the median was 3.23%.

OXY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
56.31% of 1094 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.505 vs OXY: 8.55

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Occidental Petroleum's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Occidental Petroleum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Occidental Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Occidental Petroleum Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.70 -23.36 8.25 17.57 9.17

Occidental Petroleum Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.57 16.21 12.52 9.62 9.17

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Occidental Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Occidental Petroleum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Occidental Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Occidental Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Occidental Petroleum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Occidental Petroleums Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=7374/80383.73573
=9.17 %

Occidental Petroleum's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7,374 Mil.



Occidental Petroleum  (NYSE:OXY) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Occidental Petroleum (Occidental Petroleum) Business Description

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Address
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110, Houston, TX, USA, 77046
Occidental Petroleum is an independent exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Latin America, and the Middle East. At the end of 2022, the company reported net proved reserves of 3.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 1,159 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2022 at a ratio of 75% oil and natural gas liquids and 25% natural gas.
Executives
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 10 percent owner 3555 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA NE 68131
Sylvia J Kerrigan officer: SVP & Chief Legal Officer 13131 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 600, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Claire Oneill director 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Kenneth B. Robinson director 6301 FITCH PATH, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Vicky A Bailey director 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVNUE, NW, SUITE 1000, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Bob Shearer director 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Jack B Moore director 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, STE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Andrew Gould director C/O SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED, 5599 SAN FELIPE 17TH FLOOR, HOUSTON TX 77056
Neil R Ackerman officer: Vice President 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Sunil Mathew officer: Vice President 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Jeff F Simmons officer: Senior Vice President 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Christopher O Champion officer: VP, CAO and Controller 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Vicki A. Hollub officer: Vice President 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, HOUSTON TX 77046
Avedick Baruyr Poladian director 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Warren E Buffett 10 percent owner 3555 FARNAM ST, STE 1440, OMAHA NE 68131

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