California Resources (CRC) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer YPF or CRC?

YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus price target of $41.30, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. California Resources has a consensus price target of $60.36, suggesting a potential upside of 41.13%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
California Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, YPF or CRC?

California Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. California Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YPF Sociedad Anónima, 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
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.45B	0.74	-$1.31B	$4.29	8.54
California Resources	$3.31B	1.15	$564M	$5.51	7.76

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

10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is YPF or CRC a better dividend stock?

YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. California Resources pays out 28.1% 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. California Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. California Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is YPF or CRC more profitable?

California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat California Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%
California Resources	17.43%	12.16%	6.15%

Does the media favor YPF or CRC?

In the previous week, California Resources had 8 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for California Resources and 12 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. California Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.99 indicating that California Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
YPF Sociedad Anónima	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
California Resources	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, YPF or CRC?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YPF or CRC?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 83 more outperform votes than California Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.48% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 61.27% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 469 67.48%	Underperform Votes 226 32.52%
California Resources	Outperform Votes 386 61.27%	Underperform Votes 244 38.73%

Summary

California Resources beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.