Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 17.84% for Q2 2026, up 11.02 percentage points from 6.83% a year earlier and up 5.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Occidental Petroleum's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 6.67%, down 2.83 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +62.84 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Occidental Petroleum's Return on Equity [ROE] was 9.50% in FY2024 (-6.05 pp), 15.54% in FY2023 (-37.24 pp), 52.78% in FY2022 (+40.84 pp) and 11.94% in FY2021 (+68.11 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q3 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.54 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q1 2022, with a gain of 102.79 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a drop of 29.51 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 12.56% (Q1 2026), 6.46% (Q4 2025) and 5.85% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 686.62 Bn | 644.76 Bn | - | 15.59% |
| 2 | Chevron | 416.14 Bn | 383.18 Bn | 31.26 Bn | 13.85% |
| 3 | Shell | 291.71 Bn | 151.98 Bn | - | 8.83% |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 192.78 Bn | 63.86 Bn | 31,614.00 | 8.52% |
| 5 | Eni Spa | 167.56 Bn | 107.19 Bn | - | 14.72% |
| 6 | Conocophillips | 165.53 Bn | 138.24 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 14.29% |
| 7 | Equinor Asa | 108.87 Bn | 21.72 Bn | 4.49 Bn | 26.83% |
| 8 | Canadian Natural Resources | 101.39 Bn | 95.29 Bn | 9.35 Bn | - |
| 9 | Phillips 66 | 97.45 Bn | 81.24 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 37.13% |
| 10 | Occidental Petroleum | 56.33 Bn | 44.24 Bn | - | 17.84% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.84% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.46% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.85% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.83% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.01% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.87% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.08% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.65% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 14.09% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.74% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 18.57% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.17% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 32.50% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 45.25% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 45.67% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 41.70% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 32.47% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.76% |
API Access
Occidental Petroleum Return on Equity [ROE] API
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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=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=OXY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=OXY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();