Occidental Petroleum (OXY-WT) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Occidental Petroleum's (OXY-WT) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.41% in Q1 2026, down 355.0% year-on-year from 0.55% in Q1 2025, and down 38.87% on a QoQ basis from 2.31% in Q4 2025.

Occidental Petroleum (OXY-WT) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Occidental Petroleum (OXY-WT) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.41% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 355.0% year-over-year to 1.41% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.41%, a 355.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.35%, down 118.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 1.41%, down from 2.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for OXY-WT reached as high as 17.33% in Q4 2022 and fell as low as 1.41% in Q1 2026.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 7.21% across 5 years, with a median of 4.35% in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 2639 bps in 2022 and plunged 1408 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 17.33% in 2022, then plunged by 80 bps to 3.4% in 2023, then rose by 28 bps to 4.35% in 2024, then tumbled by 47 bps to 2.31% in 2025, then slumped by 39 bps to 1.41% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 1.41% in Q1 2026, 2.31% in Q4 2025, and 2.57% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 141.43 Bn 135.06 Bn 9.48 Bn 22.86%
2 Eog Resources 74.61 Bn 70.76 Bn - 15.04%
3 Diamondback Energy 55.39 Bn 55.39 Bn 4.22 Bn -0.44%
4 Woodside Energy 41.28 Bn 35.34 Bn 2.71 Bn -
5 Occidental Petroleum 32.80 Bn 28.99 Bn 4.87 Bn 1.41%
6 Eqt 32.48 Bn 32.37 Bn 1.42 Bn 10.19%
7 Texas Pacific Land 27.36 Bn 27.11 Bn - 39.41%
8 Devon Energy 26.53 Bn 24.72 Bn 3.61 Bn 10.92%
9 Expand Energy 21.67 Bn 19.37 Bn 4.21 Bn 17.11%
10 Ovintiv 16.84 Bn 15.96 Bn 2.83 Bn 5.11%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.41%
Dec 31, 2025 2.31%
Sep 30, 2025 2.57%
Jun 30, 2025 3.86%
Mar 31, 2025 4.96%
Dec 31, 2024 4.35%
Sep 30, 2024 3.92%
Jun 30, 2024 3.77%
Mar 31, 2024 2.76%
Dec 31, 2023 3.40%
Sep 30, 2023 8.43%
Jun 30, 2023 11.65%
Mar 31, 2023 16.84%
Dec 31, 2022 17.33%
Sep 30, 2022 16.06%
Jun 30, 2022 12.92%
Mar 31, 2022 6.11%
Dec 31, 2021 1.04%
Sep 30, 2021 -2.94%
Jun 30, 2021 -9.27%