CRC vs. VIST, ERF, NOG, CNX, BSM, CPG, SSL, MGY, PARR, and AESI
Should you be buying California Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Resources include Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), CNX Resources (CNX), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Sasol (SSL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Par Pacific (PARR), and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and California Resources (NYSE:CRC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
45.7% of Vista Energy 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vista Energy has a net margin of 35.03% compared to Vista Energy's net margin of 20.14%. California Resources' return on equity of 50.51% beat Vista Energy's return on equity.
California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. California Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, California Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for California Resources and 11 mentions for Vista Energy. California Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Vista Energy's score of 0.06 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vista Energy currently has a consensus target price of $36.67, indicating a potential downside of 12.45%. California Resources has a consensus target price of $65.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.35%. Given Vista Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe California Resources is more favorable than Vista Energy.
California Resources received 348 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.88% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote while only 38.24% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
Vista Energy has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
California Resources beats Vista Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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