CRC vs. EC, YPF, PR, OVV, AR, VNOM, HESM, APA, SUN, and CHRD
Should you be buying California Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Resources include Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Hess Midstream (HESM), APA (APA), Sunoco (SUN), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
California Resources vs.
California Resources (NYSE:CRC) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
97.8% of California Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 12.92%. California Resources' return on equity of 12.16% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. California Resources pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 67.0% 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.
California Resources presently has a consensus target price of $67.25, indicating a potential upside of 37.11%. Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.55%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than California Resources. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, California Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for California Resources and 4 mentions for Ecopetrol. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat California Resources' score of 0.32 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
California Resources received 76 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
California Resources has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
California Resources beats Ecopetrol on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRC) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
