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CRC vs. AR, PR, OVV, SUN, VNOM, HESM, APA, CHRD, VVV, and MGY

Should you be buying California Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Resources include Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Sunoco (SUN), Viper Energy (VNOM), Hess Midstream (HESM), APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Valvoline (VVV), and Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

California Resources vs.

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

California Resources currently has a consensus target price of $62.64, indicating a potential upside of 79.58%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $42.44, indicating a potential upside of 23.85%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than Antero Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
California Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Antero Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

Antero Resources received 390 more outperform votes than California Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.87% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 61.19% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
California ResourcesOutperform Votes
380
61.19%
Underperform Votes
241
38.81%
Antero ResourcesOutperform Votes
770
64.87%
Underperform Votes
417
35.13%

California Resources has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.08, suggesting that its share price is 208% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
California Resources$2.93B1.08$564M$4.118.49
Antero Resources$4.12B2.59$57.23M$0.32107.09

97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, California Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for California Resources and 21 mentions for Antero Resources. Antero Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat California Resources' score of 0.13 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
California Resources
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Antero Resources
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 2.31%. California Resources' return on equity of 12.16% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
California Resources17.43% 12.16% 6.15%
Antero Resources 2.31%0.74%0.40%

Summary

Antero Resources beats California Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CRC vs. The Competition

MetricCalifornia ResourcesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.17B$7.35B$7.00B$18.66B
Dividend Yield4.52%24.07%11.00%4.16%
P/E Ratio5.499.4947.5331.63
Price / Sales1.088.9822,470.1527.49
Price / Cash5.617.3835.4417.53
Price / Book1.081.513.444.36
Net Income$564M$1.09B$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.17%-1.26%1.04%1.58%
1 Month Performance-20.92%-11.40%-7.06%-7.33%
1 Year Performance-36.48%-19.29%145.60%1.81%

California Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRC
California Resources
4.5949 of 5 stars
$34.96
+0.3%
$62.64
+79.2%
-37.4%$3.17B$2.93B5.501,060Analyst Forecast
AR
Antero Resources
4.3554 of 5 stars
$33.14
+0.1%
$42.44
+28.1%
+10.5%$10.31B$4.12B103.57590Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PR
Permian Resources
4.6972 of 5 stars
$11.01
-0.3%
$18.73
+70.1%
-30.8%$8.85B$5.00B6.67220Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
4.7992 of 5 stars
$32.36
-1.3%
$56.47
+74.5%
-36.2%$8.43B$9.15B4.291,740Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
2.5929 of 5 stars
$54.88
+1.9%
$63.83
+16.3%
+4.5%$8.38B$22.69B8.322,300Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.1487 of 5 stars
$37.54
-0.1%
$58.62
+56.1%
+1.2%$8.00B$859.75M16.11711Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HESM
Hess Midstream
3.8006 of 5 stars
$36.47
+2.2%
$43.00
+17.9%
+6.9%$7.95B$1.49B14.65200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
APA
APA
3.7772 of 5 stars
$15.20
+1.1%
$26.58
+74.9%
-51.2%$5.53B$9.74B2.152,270Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.6339 of 5 stars
$88.52
-0.9%
$157.62
+78.1%
-49.3%$5.27B$5.25B4.56530Analyst Forecast
Positive News
VVV
Valvoline
4.2276 of 5 stars
$34.44
+1.3%
$43.67
+26.8%
-18.8%$4.38B$1.66B16.488,900Analyst Revision
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
4.3763 of 5 stars
$20.27
-0.5%
$27.54
+35.9%
-20.4%$3.94B$1.32B10.50210Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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