Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)
Occidental Petroleum's Operating Margin came in at 1.37% for Q3 2025, down 6.41 percentage points from 7.78% a year earlier but up 7.57 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2025, Occidental Petroleum reported Operating Margin of -4.40%, down 1.28 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it was -0.15%, down 2.07 percentage points from FY2023.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +18.42 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 1.92% in FY2023 (-23.39 pp), 25.31% in FY2022 (+26.00 pp), -0.69% in FY2021 (+92.03 pp) and -92.72% in FY2020 (-74.15 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Margin is -73.01% (Q4 2023) to 35.26% (Q2 2022).
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -10.76 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q2 2021 (a gain of 295.77 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2023 (a drop of 89.02 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows OXY's Operating Margin at -6.20% (Q2 2025), 4.00% (Q1 2025) and -41.72% (Q4 2024) in the three quarters before Q3 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 742.51 Bn | 698.99 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Chevron | 445.06 Bn | 417.18 Bn | 33.45 Bn | -28.44% |
| 3 | Shell | 310.78 Bn | 240.53 Bn | 30.13 Bn | 22.64% |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 197.34 Bn | 77.92 Bn | 61.77 Bn | 24.82% |
| 5 | Conocophillips | 177.35 Bn | 150.05 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 53.17% |
| 6 | Equinor Asa | 118.67 Bn | 33.12 Bn | - | 36.94% |
| 7 | Phillips 66 | 116.93 Bn | 104.72 Bn | 8.38 Bn | -74.35% |
| 8 | Canadian Natural Resources | 113.22 Bn | 110.23 Bn | 8.84 Bn | 81.91% |
| 9 | Suncor Energy | 95.47 Bn | 81.22 Bn | - | 3.43% |
| 10 | Occidental Petroleum | 62.79 Bn | 50.70 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -6.20% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.00% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -41.72% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.78% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.18% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.58% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -73.01% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.88% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.80% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.85% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.01% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.94% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 35.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.04% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.92% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.80% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -9.08% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -18.61% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -37.28% |
API Access
Occidental Petroleum Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=OXY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "OXY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=OXY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();