California Resources (CRC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for California Resources in the last year. There are currently 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CRC shares.
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7 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for California Resources' shares. Their CRC share price forecasts range from $56.00 to $70.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $64.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price.
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California Resources' stock was trading at $43.51 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CRC shares have increased by 27.0% and is now trading at $55.24.
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California Resources saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,190,000 shares, an increase of 11.1% from the August 15th total of 5,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 978,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.3 days. Approximately 10.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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California Resources Co. (NYSE:CRC) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.33. The oil and gas producer earned $591 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $535.59 million. California Resources had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.97% and a net margin of 26.50%. California Resources's revenue was down 20.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.13 EPS.

California Resources announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.2825 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $1.13 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28.
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ETFs with the largest weight of California Resources (NYSE:CRC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (PSCE), Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF), SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD), LeaderShares Activist Leaders ETF (ACTV) and First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT).

California Resources (NYSE:CRC) pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.01%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 9.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CRC will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.99% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of California Resources reverse split on Wednesday, June 1st 2016. The 1-10 reverse split was announced on Monday, May 9th 2016. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Tuesday, May 31st 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 10 shares after the split.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other California Resources investors own include Macrocure Ltd. - Ordinary Share (MCUR), LinnCo (LNCOQ), Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), (GBSN) (GBSN), Bank of America (BAC), Northern Trust (NTRS), (BBEPQ) (BBEPQ), Oasis Petroleum (OAS) and Whiting Petroleum (WLL).

California Resources trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CRC."

California Resources' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.98%), State Street Corp (4.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.12%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.21%), LSV Asset Management (2.07%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Ares Management Llc, Bo Kruse, Bob D Brown, Burt W Podbere, Goldentree Asset Management Lp, Guy Carling, Suku Krishnaraj Chettiar, Tiffany Thom Cepak, Todd A Stevens and William B Roby.
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Shares of CRC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.24.

California Resources (NYSE:CRC) has a market capitalization of $3.81 billion and generates $3.24 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $524 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.13 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,060 workers across the globe.

California Resources' mailing address is 27200 TOURNEY ROAD SUITE 200, SANTA CLARITA CA, 91355. The official website for the company is www.crc.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 888-848-4754 or via email at scott.espenshade@crc.com.