ProFrac (ACDC) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CRC or ACDC?

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
California Resources	$3.31B	1.15	$564M	$5.51	7.77
ProFrac	$2.21B	0.52	-$97.70M	-$1.49	-4.77

Is CRC or ACDC 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
California Resources	17.43%	12.16%	6.15%
ProFrac	-9.51%	-3.54%	-1.41%

Do analysts rate CRC or ACDC?

California Resources presently has a consensus price target of $60.36, indicating a potential upside of 40.94%. ProFrac has a consensus price target of $6.90, indicating a potential downside of 2.89%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than ProFrac.

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)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
ProFrac	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

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

97.8% of California Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of California Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CRC or ACDC?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRC or ACDC?

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 26.67% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
California Resources	Outperform Votes 386 61.27%	Underperform Votes 244 38.73%
ProFrac	Outperform Votes 8 26.67%	Underperform Votes 22 73.33%

Does the media refer more to CRC or ACDC?

In the previous week, California Resources had 9 more articles in the media than ProFrac. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for California Resources and 7 mentions for ProFrac. California Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ProFrac's score of 0.91 indicating that California Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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