California Resources (CRC) Competitors

California Resources (NYSE:CRC) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer CRC or YPF?

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 1 more articles in the media than California Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 10 mentions for California Resources. YPF Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat California Resources' score of 0.63 indicating that YPF Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
California Resources	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
YPF Sociedad Anónima	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CRC or YPF?

California Resources currently has a consensus price target of $66.92, suggesting a potential upside of 62.93%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus price target of $42.02, suggesting a potential upside of 23.80%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe California Resources is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
California Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CRC or YPF a better dividend stock?

California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. California Resources pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CRC or YPF?

California Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
California Resources	$2.93B	1.27	$564M	$4.11	9.99
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.12B	0.70	-$1.31B	$5.99	5.67

Is CRC or YPF more profitable?

California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat California Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
California Resources	17.43%	12.16%	6.15%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, CRC or YPF?

California Resources has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRC or YPF?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 89 more outperform votes than California Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
California Resources	Outperform Votes 379 61.33%	Underperform Votes 239 38.67%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 468 67.63%	Underperform Votes 224 32.37%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CRC or YPF?

97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

YPF Sociedad Anónima beats California Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.