Seasonality
OXY seasonality — Occidental Petroleum
Over the last 11 years, OXY's strongest month on average has been November (+7.2%) and its weakest August (-3.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.20% | +2.32% | 60% | +29.9% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +3.18% | +1.88% | 50% | +32.6% | -17.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.17% | +0.57% | 70% | +29.8% | -64.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.41% | -2.89% | 30% | +43.4% | -20.2% | 10 |
| May | -1.94% | -4.87% | 40% | +25.8% | -22.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +4.03% | +1.31% | 70% | +41.3% | -15.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.30% | +2.79% | 70% | +17.5% | -16.5% | 10 |
| Aug | -2.95% | -2.59% | 30% | +8.3% | -19.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.21% | +0.76% | 50% | +15.1% | -21.4% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.87% | -3.75% | 40% | +18.1% | -18.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.17% | +0.94% | 56% | +72.6% | -11.6% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.67% | -1.14% | 40% | +9.8% | -12.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — OXY
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.4 | 16.9 | 22.5 | -6.8 | -6.5 | -14.2 | 17.5 | 5.5 | -8.1 | 15.7 | -11.9 | +37.1% | |
| 2025 | -5.6 | 4.7 | 1.1 | -20.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 8.3 | -0.8 | -12.8 | 1.9 | -2.1 | -16.8% |
| 2024 | -3.6 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 1.8 | -5.5 | 0.8 | -3.5 | -6.3 | -9.6 | -2.8 | 0.9 | -2.3 | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 2.9 | -9.6 | 6.6 | -1.4 | -6.3 | 2.0 | 7.4 | -0.5 | 3.3 | -4.7 | -4.3 | 0.9 | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 29.9 | 16.1 | 29.8 | -2.9 | 25.8 | -15.1 | 11.7 | 8.0 | -13.4 | 18.1 | -4.3 | -9.3 | +117.3% |
| 2021 | 15.9 | 32.6 | 0.0 | -4.7 | 2.4 | 20.4 | -16.5 | -1.6 | 15.1 | 13.3 | -11.6 | -2.2 | +67.5% |
| 2020 | -3.6 | -17.6 | -64.6 | 43.4 | -22.0 | 41.3 | -14.0 | -19.1 | -21.4 | -8.8 | 72.6 | 9.8 | -58.0% |
| 2019 | 8.8 | -0.9 | 0.1 | -11.1 | -15.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | -15.3 | 2.3 | -8.9 | -4.8 | 6.8 | -32.9% |
| 2018 | 1.8 | -12.5 | -1.0 | 18.9 | 9.0 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -4.8 | 2.9 | -18.4 | 4.8 | -12.7 | -16.7% |
| 2017 | -4.9 | -3.3 | -3.3 | -2.9 | -4.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 | -3.6 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 4.5 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | -0.2 |