Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY): stock score 82/100

Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) scores 82 out of 100 (above average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.

OXY scores 82.3 out of 100 (above average), up 8.7 points from last week. Its news tone adds the most (+9.2 points: average FinBERT sentiment +0.442 over 14 articles). No component lowers it much. Our research found no proven record of these factors predicting returns.

How the score is built

Trend: 81/100 (+6.2 points)

1. Price is +9.8% vs its 100-day average → higher than 76% of the comparison group → 76
2. 12-1 month momentum +43.0% → higher than 85% of the comparison group → 85
3. Average of the two → trend score 80.8

Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.

Stability: 92/100 (+8.5 points)

1. Forecast 30.1% vs normal 31.4% → ratio 0.96
2. Ratio is higher than 8% of the comparison group → 100 minus 8 → stability 92.4 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)

A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.

Fundamentals: 92/100 (+8.3 points)

1. Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +21.3% → higher than 86% of the comparison group → 86
2. Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: not available
3. Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -9.6 pp → higher than 97% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 97
4. Average of available items → fundamentals score 91.6

Not yet tested in our research.

Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)

1. VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
2. Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
3. Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
4. Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
5. Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)

Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.

News tone: 96/100 (+9.2 points)

1. Average FinBERT sentiment +0.442 over 14 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone +0.325
2. Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 95.8

Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.

OXY score history (weekly)

Energy stocks compared

• OXY: 82/100
• XOM: 73/100
• CVX: 66/100
• COP: 62/100
• SLB: 45/100

Questions

What is Occidental Petroleum Corp's (OXY) Quantooo score today?

OXY scores 82 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, above average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 1st of 99 overall and 1st of 5 in Energy. It was 74 a week earlier.

What raises and lowers OXY's score?

News tone adds the most (96/100, +9.2 points) and market backdrop weighs on it most (51/100, +0.2 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.

Is OXY stock volatile right now?

Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 30.1% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 31.4% for OXY: calmer than usual for this stock. Its stability score is 92/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.

How are Occidental Petroleum Corp's fundamentals changing?

Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +21.3%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: not available; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -9.6 pp. Fundamentals score: 92/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-08-05 (period to 2026-06-30).

Does the score predict OXY's share price?

No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.

Sector: Energy. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.