Select Water Solutions (WTTR) Competitors

Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) and California Resources (NYSE:CRC) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Is WTTR or CRC a better dividend stock?

Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Select Water Solutions has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and California Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. California Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WTTR or CRC?

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
Select Water Solutions	$1.45B	0.74	$30.64M	$0.34	26.24
California Resources	$3.20B	1.29	$376M	$5.51	8.41

Which has more risk and volatility, WTTR or CRC?

Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend WTTR or CRC?

Select Water Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 66.29%. California Resources has a consensus target price of $61.27, suggesting a potential upside of 32.28%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than California Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
California Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is WTTR or CRC more profitable?

California Resources has a net margin of 13.70% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 2.42%. California Resources' return on equity of 11.45% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Water Solutions	2.42%	3.96%	2.59%
California Resources	13.70%	11.45%	5.64%

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

81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to WTTR or CRC?

In the previous week, California Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for California Resources and 1 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat California Resources' score of 0.09 indicating that Select Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Water Solutions	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
California Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

California Resources beats Select Water Solutions on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.