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

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 19.02% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 19.02%, down 308.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.02% (down 308.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.37%, down 237.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed slipped to 19.02% in Q1 2026 per OXY's latest filing, from 19.25% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 46.46% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 19.02% in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 29.6% and a median of 23.67% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed jumped 2240 bps in 2022, then slumped 2057 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 42.06% in 2022, then plunged by 43 bps to 23.95% in 2023, then dropped by 9 bps to 21.72% in 2024, then decreased by 11 bps to 19.25% in 2025, then dropped by 1 bps to 19.02% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows OXY's Return on Capital Employed at 19.02% in Q1 2026, 19.25% in Q4 2025, and 21.7% in Q3 2025.