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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CRC California Resources	$55.54 +1.2%	$54.11	$37.21 ▼ $58.44	$3.82B	1.02	876,407 shs	294,442 shs
ERF Enerplus	$20.37 -0.7%	$18.97	$13.46 ▼ $20.97	$4.16B	1.99	2.95 million shs	2.58 million shs
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$43.54 +0.6%	$38.96	$29.57 ▼ $43.64	$4.40B	1.86	1.27 million shs	1.38 million shs
VIST Vista Energy	$43.56 +1.2%	$40.21	$18.90 ▼ $44.70	$4.04B	1.97	503,640 shs	394,786 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CRC California Resources	0.00%	+0.86%	-0.36%	+7.58%	+35.56%
ERF Enerplus	0.00%	+2.91%	+4.32%	+41.55%	+37.10%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	0.00%	+1.81%	+9.05%	+24.81%	+30.45%
VIST Vista Energy	0.00%	+2.65%	+4.01%	+31.46%	+105.74%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CRC California Resources	3.4895 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.7	3.1
ERF Enerplus	2.0035 of 5 stars	1.5	3.0	2.5	1.8	0.8	2.5
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	3.522 of 5 stars	2.4	1.0	3.3	2.4	2.5	3.1
VIST Vista Energy	3.1582 of 5 stars	2.2	5.0	0.0	1.8	1.7	3.1

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CRC California Resources	2.71	Moderate Buy	$63.57	14.46% Upside
ERF Enerplus	3.00	Buy	$21.69	6.49% Upside
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	2.73	Moderate Buy	$47.30	8.64% Upside
VIST Vista Energy	2.33	Hold	$50.00	14.78% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest VIST, CRC, ERF, and NOG Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/29/2024	ERF Enerplus	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$21.00 ➝ $22.00
4/23/2024	CRC California Resources	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$68.00 ➝ $69.00
4/23/2024	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$54.00 ➝ $55.00
4/19/2024	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$38.00 ➝ $42.00
4/17/2024	VIST Vista Energy	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$40.00 ➝ $50.00
4/16/2024	VIST Vista Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$50.00 ➝ $53.00
4/15/2024	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$38.00 ➝ $41.00
4/10/2024	CRC California Resources	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$62.00
4/5/2024	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$56.00 ➝ $55.00
3/28/2024	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$39.00 ➝ $38.00
3/28/2024	VIST Vista Energy	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$40.00 ➝ $47.00

(Data available from 4/29/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CRC California Resources	$2.81B	1.36	$8.80 per share	6.31	$32.34 per share	1.72
ERF Enerplus	$1.69B	2.46	$4.20 per share	4.85	$6.07 per share	3.36
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$2.17B	2.03	$10.99 per share	3.96	$20.37 per share	2.14
VIST Vista Energy	$1.17B	3.46	$8.36 per share	5.21	$13.43 per share	3.24

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CRC California Resources	$564M	$7.72	7.19	7.82	N/A	20.14%	17.57%	9.39%	5/7/2024 (Confirmed)
ERF Enerplus	$456.08M	$2.10	9.70	8.97	N/A	27.67%	40.36%	23.44%	5/2/2024 (Estimated)
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$922.97M	$10.04	4.34	6.82	N/A	42.61%	40.86%	15.31%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
VIST Vista Energy	$396.95M	$3.45	12.63	5.29	N/A	30.24%	39.92%	18.22%	7/11/2024 (Estimated)

Latest VIST, CRC, ERF, and NOG Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/7/2024	N/A	CRC California Resources	$0.61	N/A	-$0.61	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$1.26	$1.19	-$0.07	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/27/2024	Q4 2023	CRC California Resources	$1.01	$0.93	-$0.08	-$0.74	$553.47 million	$726.00 million
2/23/2024	Q4 2023	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$1.64	$1.61	-$0.03	-$0.68	$555.31 million	$543.40 million
2/21/2024	Q4 2023	ERF Enerplus	$0.53	$0.54	+$0.01	$0.53	N/A	$437.10 million
2/20/2024	Q4 2023	VIST Vista Energy	$1.54	$2.52	+$0.98	$3.72	$346.50 million	$309.20 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CRC California Resources	$1.24	2.23%	N/A	16.06%	3 Years
ERF Enerplus	$0.26	1.28%	+28.07%	12.38%	1 Years
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$1.60	3.67%	N/A	15.94%	2 Years
VIST Vista Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VIST, CRC, ERF, and NOG Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/6/2024	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Quarterly	$0.40	4.98%	3/27/2024	3/28/2024	4/30/2024
2/27/2024	CRC California Resources	Quarterly	$0.31	2.35%	3/5/2024	3/6/2024	3/18/2024
2/21/2024	ERF Enerplus	Quarterly	$0.13	2.9%	3/1/2024	3/4/2024	3/15/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CRC California Resources	0.24	1.51	1.39
ERF Enerplus	0.09	0.80	0.80
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	0.90	1.32	1.32
VIST Vista Energy	0.44	0.89	0.88

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CRC California Resources	97.79%
ERF Enerplus	58.42%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	98.80%
VIST Vista Energy	63.81%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CRC California Resources	0.03%
ERF Enerplus	0.41%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	2.80%
VIST Vista Energy	N/A

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CRC California Resources	970	68.76 million	68.33 million	Optionable
ERF Enerplus	404	204.25 million	203.41 million	Optionable
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	38	101.04 million	98.22 million	Optionable
VIST Vista Energy	299	92.86 million	N/A	Optionable

VIST, CRC, ERF, and NOG Headlines

Source	Headline
	Snapshot: Vista Energy’s Argentina shale push bnamericas.com - April 29 at 4:22 PM
	Kratom products have gone unregulated in California, unnerving both fans and critics msn.com - April 29 at 9:48 AM
	Short Interest in Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:VIST) Declines By 24.2% marketbeat.com - April 29 at 12:19 AM
	OpEd: Israel’s Biophilic Society is the Opposite of Gaza’s and Iran’s sdjewishworld.com - April 28 at 7:05 PM
	Buncombe, Asheville property transfers for April 10-17 msn.com - April 28 at 8:56 AM
	RWC Asset Management LLP Boosts Stock Position in Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:VIST) marketbeat.com - April 27 at 5:29 PM
	Inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated avpress.com - April 27 at 2:14 PM
	Colorado and Denver sued for allegedly violating federal laws on large-building energy standards coloradopolitics.com - April 26 at 2:46 PM
	Local leaders, partners break ground on affordable housing community on far West Side ksat.com - April 26 at 1:25 AM
	Marin book nonprofit’s longtime director to step down marinij.com - April 25 at 8:25 PM
	Vista-Backed Solera Seeking More Than $1 Billion in IPO bloomberg.com - April 25 at 8:25 PM
	Vista accelerates Vaca Muerta activity, aims for 85,000 boe/d by yearend ogj.com - April 25 at 3:24 PM
	Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. 2024 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation seekingalpha.com - April 25 at 1:36 PM
	VIST Stock Earnings: Vista Energy Misses EPS, Misses Revenue for Q1 2024 msn.com - April 25 at 12:02 AM
	Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored ADR (VIST) Lags Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates zacks.com - April 24 at 7:05 PM
	Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. GAAP EPS of $0.79 misses by $0.10, revenue of $317.35M misses by $36.44M msn.com - April 24 at 7:01 PM
	House of the Week: Kentmore Park Cottage talbotspy.org - April 24 at 2:01 PM
	Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund Q1 2024 Commentary seekingalpha.com - April 24 at 2:01 PM
	Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. Q1 2024 Earnings Preview msn.com - April 23 at 8:50 PM
	Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. Files Form 20-F prnewswire.com - April 23 at 5:26 PM
	Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) Reaches New 52-Week High at $44.52 marketbeat.com - April 23 at 4:46 PM
	Column: Disneyland will never be completed. Neither will healing the Earth latimes.com - April 23 at 3:50 PM
	Here is Why Growth Investors Should Buy Vista Oil & Gas (VIST) Now zacks.com - April 23 at 1:46 PM
	Best Value Stocks to Buy for April 23rd zacks.com - April 23 at 7:36 AM

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Company Descriptions

California Resources

NYSE:CRC

California Resources Corporation operates as an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production, and carbon management company in the United States. The company explores, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids for marketers, California refineries, and other purchasers that have access to transportation and storage facilities. It also engages in the generation and sale of electricity to the wholesale power market and utility sector; and developing various carbon capture and storage projects in California. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Long Beach, California.

Enerplus

NYSE:ERF

Enerplus Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, explores and develops crude oil and natural gas in the United States. Its oil and natural gas properties are located primarily in North Dakota, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Northern Oil and Gas

NYSE:NOG

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It primarily holds interests in the Williston Basin, the Appalachian Basin, and the Permian Basin in the United States. The company is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Vista Energy

NYSE:VIST

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas in Latin America. The company's principal assets located in Neuquina basin, Argentina and Vaca Muerta. It also owns producing assets in Argentina and Mexico. In addition, the company involved in drilling and workover activities located in Argentina. The company was formerly known as Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. and changed its name to Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. in April 2022. Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

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