Oppenheimer maintained the shares of OXY in report on Monday, August 3 with "Outperform" rating. Bank of America Corp upgraded shares of Occidental Petroleum from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 15th. Developed by hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt, the intention of the formula is to spot high quality companies that are trading at an attractive price. Price Target plays a critical role when it comes to the analysis of a Stock.
Capstone Asset Management Co. reduced its position in shares of Anadarko Petroleum Co. According to Thomson Reuters, sell-side analysts are forecasting a harmony target price of $82.29 on company shares. They noted that the move was a valuation call. The stock traded with the volume of 3.35 Million shares in the last trading session. Stillwater Investment Management LLC now owns 15,699 shares of the oil and gas development company's stock worth $973,000 after buying an additional 513 shares during the last quarter. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $35.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $40.37.
Pretium Resources Inc (NYSE:PVG) was trading -13.39% below its 52-week high and +68.09% above its 52-week low. The stock now has a Market Cap of $34.20B. Cypress Asset Mngmt Tx has 1.01% invested in Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY). The company is estimating to achieve earnings per share (EPS) growth of 4.90% in this year and the earnings per share (EPS) growth expected to be 9.29% in the next year.
Anadarko Petroleum had cash and cash equivalents of $3,184 million as of Dec 31, 2016, up substantially from $939 million as of Dec 31, 2015. The consensus rating is 2, indicating analysts in general look favorably on the company's future prospects.
Anadarko Petroleum's net cash from operating activities during the quarter was $1,123 million, up from $257 million in the prior-year period.
In the reported quarter, Anadarko Petroleum's revenues of $2,387 million topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,237 million by 6.7%.Revenues were also up 16.3% year over year. Reported loss was, however, narrower than the year-ago quarter level of $0.57. The stock of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) earned "Hold" rating by Argus Research on Friday, February 10. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.33%. Credit Suisse upgraded Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) on Tuesday, March 14 to "Outperform" rating.
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In other news, Director Stephen I. Chazen sold 4,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 19th. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The stock is performing -11.63% year to date. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $62.72 per share, for a total transaction of $940,800.00. The number of shares now owned by investors are 198.97 mln. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 52,000 shares of company stock valued at $3,408,960.
A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on OXY. Apriem Advisors boosted its stake in shares of Occidental Petroleum by 24.8% in the third quarter. The stock recently closed its previous session at $60.41 by showing a percentage change of -1.31% from its previous day closing price of $61.21. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of Occidental Petroleum by 2.4% in the third quarter.
Shares of Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) inclined 1.99% to $33.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 76,018 shares in the company, valued at $4,767,848.96. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Occidental Petroleum during the fourth quarter worth $121,000. Perhaps, that suggests something about why 0.19% of the outstanding share supply is held by institutional investors.
01/26/2017 - Occidental Petroleum Corporation had its "underweight" rating reiterated by analysts at Barclays. In general, companies with the lowest combined rank may be the higher quality picks. If you are accessing this news story on another site, it was illegally stolen and reposted in violation of United States and global trademark and copyright law.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) is an oil and gas exploration and production company.
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