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OXY vs PDS
Side-by-side comparison of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) and Precision Drilling Corporation (PDS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both OXY and PDS operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
- OXY is the larger of the two at $56.62B, about 47.0x PDS ($1.20B).
- OXY has hit the wire 4 times in the past 4 weeks while PDS has been quiet.
- OXY has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 14 for PDS).
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Gas, Chemical, and Marketing and Midstream. The company's Oil and Gas segment explores for, develops, and produces oil and condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas. Its Chemical segment manufactures and markets basic chemicals, including chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated organics, potassium chemicals, ethylene dichloride, chlorinated isocyanurates, sodium silicates, and calcium chloride; vinyls comprising vinyl chloride monomer, polyvinyl chloride, and ethylene. The company's Midstream and Marketing segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases, and markets oil, condensate, NGLs, natural gas, carbon dioxide, and power. This segment also trades around its assets consisting of transportation and storage capacity; and invests in entities. Occidental Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Precision Drilling Corporation
Precision Drilling Corporation, an oilfield services company, provides oil and natural gas drilling and related products and services in North America and the Middle East. The company operates in two segments, Contract Drilling Services, and Completion and Production Services. The Contract Drilling Services segment offers onshore well drilling services to exploration and production companies in the oil and natural gas industry. This segment's services include land drilling, directional drilling, and turnkey drilling; and procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies, as well as manufacture, sale, and repair of drilling equipment. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 227 land drilling rigs, including 109 in Canada; 105 in the United States; 6 in Kuwait; 4 in Saudi Arabia; 2 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq; and 1 in the country of Georgia. The Completion and Production Services segment provides service rigs for well completion, workover, abandonment, maintenance, and re-entry preparation services; wellsite accommodations; oilfield surface equipment rentals; and camp and catering services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. This segment operated 123 well completion and workover service rigs, including 113 in Canada and 10 in the United States. It also had approximately 1,400 oilfield rental items, including surface storage, small-flow wastewater treatment, power generation, and solids control equipment; 113 wellsite accommodation units; 966 drill camp beds; 822 base camp beds; and three kitchen diners in Canada. Precision Drilling Corporation was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Latest OXY
- President and CEO Jackson Richard A. was granted 101,833 shares, increasing direct ownership by 30% to 439,328 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Hollub Vicki A. was granted 3,183 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 74,178 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 1,037,826 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- Occidental Petro upgraded by Barclays with a new price target
- Occidental Petro upgraded by Goldman with a new price target
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Occidental Petroleum Corporation
- Director Moore Jack B was granted 6,720 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,479 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 76,431 units (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax
- Director Bailey Vicky A covered exercise/tax liability with 1,223 shares and was granted 3,734 shares, increasing direct ownership by 19% to 15,490 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- Director Robinson Kenneth B. was granted 4,149 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 913 shares, increasing direct ownership by 27% to 15,359 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- Director Gould Andrew was granted 4,978 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,494 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 46,334 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
- Director Gutierrez Carlos M was granted 3,734 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 82,651 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest PDS
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Precision Drilling Corporation
- Precision Drilling Corporation Announces Voting Results from the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Precision Drilling Corporation
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Precision Drilling Corporation
- Precision Drilling Corporation Holding Virtual-Only 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 14
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Precision Drilling Corporation
- Precision Drilling Announces 2026 First Quarter Unaudited Financial Statements
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Precision Drilling Corporation
- Precision Drilling Corporation Announces Filing of Management Information Circular and Virtual-Only Annual Meeting of Shareholders
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Precision Drilling Corporation