occidental petroleum corporation oxy is among the world’s most prolific oil exploration and production companies and over the past year recent traders and investors in the firm have been rewarded handsomely since august 2021 occidental petroleum stock’s oneyear return has outperformed several of the world’s most popular ev and tech stocks tesla inc tsla ford motor company f nvidia corporation nvda amazoncom inc amzn microsoft corporation msft walt disney co dis and apple inc aapl occidental petroleum engages in the acquisition exploration and development of oil and gas properties in the us the middle east africa and latin america at the end of 2021 occidental reported net proved reserves of 35 billion barrels of oil equivalent net production averaged 1174 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2021 at a ratio of 75 oil and natural gas liquids and 25 natural gas occidental was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in houston texas see also why advanced micro devices stock is diving following micron news heres how the returns break down from august 2021 to the present   amazon is down from 16709 to 13709 for a return of 1784   microsoft is down from 28833 to 28059 for a return of 268   ford is up from 1375 to 1546 for a return of 1247   nvidia is down from 20295 to 17090 for a return of 1579   disney is down from 17672 to 10757 for a return of 3913   apple is up from 14609 to 16416 for a return of 1238   tesla is up from 71376 to 85754 for a return of 2014   bitcoin is down from 4633990 to 2304930 for a return of 5026 and finally occidental petroleum is up from 2561 to 6286 for a return of 14545