Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.95% for Q2 2026, up 7.48 percentage points from -0.52% a year earlier and up 6.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Occidental Petroleum posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.58%, up 5.63 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +24.91 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -0.05% in FY2024 (-0.74 pp), 0.69% in FY2023 (-13.34 pp), 14.04% in FY2022 (+14.29 pp) and -0.26% in FY2021 (+19.08 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q2 2023.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 25.73 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2024 (a drop of 13.81 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 0.95% (Q1 2026), 0.13% (Q4 2025) and -1.16% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 682.35 Bn | 640.50 Bn | - | 14.97% |
| 2 | Chevron | 414.58 Bn | 381.63 Bn | 31.26 Bn | 13.86% |
| 3 | Shell | 293.13 Bn | 153.39 Bn | - | 15.97% |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 193.57 Bn | 64.65 Bn | 31,614.00 | 26.08% |
| 5 | Eni Spa | 169.14 Bn | 108.78 Bn | - | 7.67% |
| 6 | Conocophillips | 165.25 Bn | 137.96 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 28.17% |
| 7 | Equinor Asa | 107.01 Bn | 19.86 Bn | 4.49 Bn | - |
| 8 | Canadian Natural Resources | 100.55 Bn | 94.46 Bn | 9.35 Bn | - |
| 9 | Phillips 66 | 100.17 Bn | 83.96 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 26.83% |
| 10 | Occidental Petroleum | 55.84 Bn | 43.75 Bn | - | 6.95% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.95% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.95% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.13% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.16% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.52% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.46% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.71% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.86% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.23% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.71% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.95% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.35% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.76% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.89% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.27% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -4.00% |
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Occidental Petroleum Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=OXY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();