CLMT vs. CRC, BSM, CIVI, NOG, SSL, VAL, CRGY, RIG, LBRT, and SOC
Should you be buying Calumet Specialty Products Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calumet Specialty Products Partners include California Resources (CRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Sasol (SSL), Valaris (VAL), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Transocean (RIG), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Sable Offshore (SOC). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners vs.
California Resources (NYSE:CRC) and Calumet Specialty Products Partners (NASDAQ:CLMT) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Calumet Specialty Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.8%. California Resources pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Calumet Specialty Products Partners pays out -103.8% 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. Calumet Specialty Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
California Resources received 61 more outperform votes than Calumet Specialty Products Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote while only 49.46% of users gave Calumet Specialty Products Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, California Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Calumet Specialty Products Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for California Resources and 8 mentions for Calumet Specialty Products Partners. California Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Calumet Specialty Products Partners' score of 0.18 indicating that California Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
California Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calumet Specialty Products Partners. Calumet Specialty Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
California Resources currently has a consensus target price of $61.27, indicating a potential upside of 77.55%. Calumet Specialty Products Partners has a consensus target price of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 84.91%. Given Calumet Specialty Products Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calumet Specialty Products Partners is more favorable than California Resources.
97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to Calumet Specialty Products Partners' net margin of -5.42%. California Resources' return on equity of 12.16% beat Calumet Specialty Products Partners' return on equity.
California Resources has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calumet Specialty Products Partners has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
California Resources beats Calumet Specialty Products Partners on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Calumet Specialty Products Partners News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CLMT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Calumet Specialty Products Partners Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:CLMT) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff