Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
| MARKET INFORMATION, HOLDERS AND DIVIDEND POLICY |
Occidental’s common stock is listed and traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “OXY.” The common stock was held by approximately 23,200 stockholders of record as of January 31, 2024, which does not include beneficial owners for whom Cede and Co. or others act as nominees.
Occidental declared dividends of $0.72 per share in 2023. In February 2024, the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share on common stock, a 22% increase from the previous quarter, payable in April 2023. The declaration of future dividends is a business decision made by the Board of Directors from time to time and will depend on Occidental’s financial condition and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.
| SHARE REPURCHASE ACTIVITIES |
Occidental’s share repurchase activities in 2023, were as follows:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased (a) | Average Price Paid per Share**(c)** | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | |||||||||||||||||
| First Quarter 2023 | 12,511,237 | $ | 60.09 | 12,511,237 | ||||||||||||||||
| Second Quarter 2023 | 7,233,460 | 58.77 | 7,233,460 | |||||||||||||||||
| Third Quarter 2023 | 9,468,451 | 64.27 | 9,337,486 | |||||||||||||||||
| October 1 - 31, 2023 | 186,567 | 66.46 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| November 1 - 30, 2023 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| December 1 - 31, 2023 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Fourth Quarter 2023 | 186,567 | 66.46 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Total 2023 (b) | 29,399,715 | 61.15 | 29,082,183 |
(a)Includes purchases of shares from the trustee of Occidental's defined contribution savings plan that are not part of publicly announced plans or programs.
(b)In February 2023, Occidental announced a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of Occidental's shares of common stock. The program does not obligate Occidental to acquire any specific number of shares and may be discontinued at any time. The value remaining in Occidental's share repurchase program as of December 31, 2023 was $1.2 billion.
(c)Average price paid does not include the impact of accrued excise tax.
| OXY 2023 FORM 10-K | 27 |
![]() | MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY |
| PERFORMANCE GRAPH |
The following graph compares the yearly percentage change in Occidental’s cumulative total return on its common stock with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500, which includes Occidental, with that of Occidental’s peer group over the five-year period ended December 31, 2023. The graph assumes that $100 was invested at the beginning of the five-year period shown in the graph below and that all dividends were reinvested in: (i) Occidental common stock, (ii) the stock of the companies in the S&P 500 and (iii) each of the peer group companies’ common stock weighted by their relative market capitalization within the peer group.
Occidental’s peer group consists of BP p.l.c., Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, EOG Resources, Inc., ExxonMobil Corporation, Shell, and TotalEnergies.

| Fiscal Year Ended December 31, | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occidental | $ | 100 | $ | 72 | $ | 33 | $ | 56 | $ | 123 | $ | 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peer Group | $ | 100 | $ | 108 | $ | 73 | $ | 108 | $ | 174 | $ | 173 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 | $ | 100 | $ | 131 | $ | 156 | $ | 200 | $ | 164 | $ | 207 |
The information provided in this Performance Graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Exchange Act, other than as provided in Item 201 to Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act except to the extent Occidental specifically requests that it be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporates it by reference.
| 28 | OXY 2023 FORM 10-K |
![]() | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS |
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