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CRC vs. CHRD, DVN, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NOG, OVV, PR, SM, and TALO

Should you be buying California Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Resources include Chord Energy (CHRD), Devon Energy (DVN), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), SM Energy (SM), and Talos Energy (TALO). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

California Resources vs. Its Competitors

California Resources (NYSE:CRC) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

California Resources has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. California Resources' return on equity of 11.95% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
California Resources16.14% 11.95% 6.00%
Chord Energy 5.02%9.02%5.97%

California Resources has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

97.8% of California Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of California Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

California Resources currently has a consensus target price of $66.27, indicating a potential upside of 42.39%. Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $138.38, indicating a potential upside of 55.23%. Given Chord Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than California Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
California Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07
Chord Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than California Resources. California Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
California Resources$3.63B1.07$376M$7.326.36
Chord Energy$5.25B0.97$848.63M$3.9322.68

California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. California Resources pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. California Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 6 more articles in the media than California Resources. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Chord Energy and 13 mentions for California Resources. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat California Resources' score of 0.42 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
California Resources
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Chord Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

California Resources beats Chord Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRC vs. The Competition

MetricCalifornia ResourcesOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.93B$7.41B$7.85B$22.00B
Dividend Yield3.28%5.23%10.88%3.61%
P/E Ratio6.369.7215.6932.73
Price / Sales1.078.541,509.9491.60
Price / Cash6.098.6836.6024.48
Price / Book1.201.584.404.67
Net Income$376M$568.55M$4.26B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.03%-1.44%-1.58%-0.31%
1 Month Performance-14.94%-3.35%-0.44%-0.17%
1 Year Performance-12.94%2.51%14.46%11.29%

California Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRC
California Resources
4.3327 of 5 stars
$46.87
+0.6%
$66.27
+41.4%
-7.7%$3.94B$3.63B6.421,550
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.2568 of 5 stars
$92.63
+2.3%
$142.38
+53.7%
-31.4%$5.19B$5.25B7.12530Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7782 of 5 stars
$33.22
+2.2%
$43.75
+31.7%
-20.0%$20.63B$15.94B7.452,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.8141 of 5 stars
$23.32
+3.0%
$26.42
+13.3%
-12.0%$4.32B$1.32B11.38210Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.1969 of 5 stars
$43.46
+3.1%
$66.50
+53.0%
-13.6%$5.25B$3.50B6.36290Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.4377 of 5 stars
$28.79
+7.5%
$27.92
-3.0%
-17.5%$3.82B$3.03B14.92690News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
4.242 of 5 stars
$23.16
+5.1%
$34.38
+48.4%
-42.8%$2.15B$2.23B4.2330News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
4.584 of 5 stars
$37.97
+2.8%
$51.41
+35.4%
-9.5%$9.49B$9.15B6.551,623
PR
Permian Resources
4.9064 of 5 stars
$12.60
+3.3%
$18.69
+48.3%
-11.3%$9.77B$5.00B8.71220Analyst Forecast
SM
SM Energy
4.4377 of 5 stars
$23.09
+2.2%
$40.09
+73.6%
-51.1%$2.60B$2.69B3.26540Analyst Forecast
TALO
Talos Energy
3.415 of 5 stars
$9.52
+5.0%
$14.43
+51.6%
-5.8%$1.58B$1.97B-9.81440Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:CRC) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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