Select Water Solutions (WTTR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CRC or WTTR?

California Resources presently has a consensus price target of $60.36, suggesting a potential upside of 40.74%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 81.78%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than California Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
California Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has more volatility & risk, CRC or WTTR?

California Resources has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRC or WTTR?

California Resources received 61 more outperform votes than Select Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.15% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 61.27% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
California Resources	Outperform Votes 386 61.27%	Underperform Votes 244 38.73%
Select Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 325 67.15%	Underperform Votes 159 32.85%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CRC or WTTR?

California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Select Water Solutions. California Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Water Solutions, 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
California Resources	$3.31B	1.15	$564M	$5.51	7.78
Select Water Solutions	$1.46B	0.67	$74.40M	$0.34	24.00

Is CRC or WTTR more profitable?

California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 2.11%. California Resources' return on equity of 12.16% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
California Resources	17.43%	12.16%	6.15%
Select Water Solutions	2.11%	3.48%	2.37%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CRC or WTTR?

97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CRC or WTTR?

In the previous week, California Resources had 16 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for California Resources and 4 mentions for Select Water Solutions. California Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.28 indicating that California Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Select Water Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CRC or WTTR a better dividend stock?

California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. California Resources pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Select Water Solutions pays out 82.4% 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 Select Water Solutions has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. California Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

California Resources beats Select Water Solutions on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.