Occidental Petroleum Corporation ( OXY ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 06, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.72 per share is scheduled to be paid on July 15, 2014. Shareholders who purchased OXY stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 12.5% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $100.16, the dividend yield is 2.88%.
The previous trading day's last sale of OXY was $100.16, representing a -0.37% decrease from the 52 week high of $100.53 and a 17.96% increase over the 52 week low of $84.91.
OXY is a part of the Energy sector, which includes companies such as PetroChina Company Limited ( PTR ) and TotalFinaElf, S.A. ( TOT ). OXY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $7.39. Zacks Investment Research reports OXY's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 2.61%, compared to an industry average of 6.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the OXY Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to OXY through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have OXY as a top-10 holding:
- Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF ( FRAK )
- PowerShares Dynamic Energy E&P ( PXE )
- iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund ( IYE )
- iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund ( IGE )
- Vanguard Energy ETF ( VDE ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is FRAK with an increase of 17.75% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of OXY at 7.42%.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.