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Occidental Petroleum (Occidental Petroleum) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1,426.00 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Occidental Petroleum Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Occidental Petroleum's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($486.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($611.00 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($611.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($1,426.00 Mil).

Occidental Petroleum's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($2,764.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($984.00 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 ($984.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($1,426.00 Mil).


Occidental Petroleum Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Occidental Petroleum's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Occidental Petroleum Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Occidental Petroleum Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3,032.00 2,008.00 2,764.00 984.00 1,426.00

Occidental Petroleum Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 984.00 1,165.00 486.00 611.00 1,426.00

Occidental Petroleum Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.


Occidental Petroleum  (NYSE:OXY.WS) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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Occidental Petroleum (Occidental Petroleum) Business Description

Address
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110, Houston, TX, USA, 77046
Occidental Petroleum is an independent exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Latin America, and the Middle East. At the end of 2022, the company reported net proved reserves of 3.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 1,159 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2022 at a ratio of 75% oil and natural gas liquids and 25% natural gas.