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Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Occidental Petroleum has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 21.2% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 50.0% to 21.2% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 21.2% through Dec 2025, down 50.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 20.37% for FY2025, 237.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 21.2% for Q4 2025 at Occidental Petroleum, down from 22.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 47.25% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 15.17% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 22.94% (2023), against an average of 29.0%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 2496bps in 2022 and then tumbled -2364bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 29.6% in 2021, then surged by 47bps to 43.39% in 2022, then plummeted by -47bps to 22.96% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 21.7% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 21.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for OXY's Return on Capital Employed are 21.2% (Q4 2025), 22.07% (Q3 2025), and 22.37% (Q2 2025).