California Resources (CRC) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, YPF or CRC?

California Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima 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
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.45B	0.73	-$1.31B	$4.29	8.38
California Resources	$3.31B	1.24	$564M	$5.51	8.38

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 3.4%. 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, YPF or CRC?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to YPF or CRC?

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 2 more articles in the media than California Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 4 mentions for California Resources. California Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.59 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
California Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Do analysts recommend YPF or CRC?

YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus target price of $41.30, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. California Resources has a consensus target price of $61.27, indicating a potential upside of 32.66%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YPF or CRC?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 82 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 61.33% 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 387 61.33%	Underperform Votes 244 38.67%

Summary

California Resources beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.