ProFrac (ACDC) Competitors

ProFrac (NASDAQ:ACDC) and California Resources (NYSE:CRC) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

12.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of California Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of California Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ACDC or CRC?

ProFrac presently has a consensus price target of $6.90, indicating a potential upside of 6.32%. California Resources has a consensus price target of $60.36, indicating a potential upside of 39.09%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe California Resources is more favorable than ProFrac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ProFrac	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
California Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACDC or CRC?

California Resources received 378 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote while only 27.59% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ProFrac	Outperform Votes 8 27.59%	Underperform Votes 21 72.41%
California Resources	Outperform Votes 386 61.27%	Underperform Votes 244 38.73%

Which has more volatility and risk, ACDC or CRC?

ProFrac has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ACDC or CRC?

California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than ProFrac. ProFrac 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
ProFrac	$2.21B	0.47	-$97.70M	-$1.49	-4.36
California Resources	$3.31B	1.17	$564M	$5.51	7.88

Does the media refer more to ACDC or CRC?

In the previous week, California Resources had 4 more articles in the media than ProFrac. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for California Resources and 14 mentions for ProFrac. California Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ProFrac's score of 1.06 indicating that California Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ProFrac	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
California Resources	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ACDC or CRC more profitable?

California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to ProFrac's net margin of -9.51%. California Resources' return on equity of 12.16% beat ProFrac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProFrac	-9.51%	-3.54%	-1.41%
California Resources	17.43%	12.16%	6.15%

Summary

California Resources beats ProFrac on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.