Expro Group (XPRO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRC or XPRO?

California Resources received 375 more outperform votes than Expro Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote while only 35.48% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
California Resources	Outperform Votes 386 61.27%	Underperform Votes 244 38.73%
Expro Group	Outperform Votes 11 35.48%	Underperform Votes 20 64.52%

Does the media favor CRC or XPRO?

In the previous week, California Resources had 15 more articles in the media than Expro Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for California Resources and 5 mentions for Expro Group. Expro Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat California Resources' score of 1.11 indicating that Expro Group is being referred to more favorably in the news 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
Expro Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CRC or XPRO?

California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Expro Group. California Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expro Group, 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	7.77
Expro Group	$1.72B	0.53	-$23.36M	$0.58	13.66

Which has more volatility and risk, CRC or XPRO?

California Resources has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expro Group has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CRC or XPRO?

California Resources presently has a consensus price target of $60.36, suggesting a potential upside of 40.97%. Expro Group has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.42%. Given Expro Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Expro Group 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
Expro Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CRC or XPRO more profitable?

California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to Expro Group's net margin of 0.98%. California Resources' return on equity of 12.16% beat Expro Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
California Resources	17.43%	12.16%	6.15%
Expro Group	0.98%	3.70%	2.36%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CRC or XPRO?

97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Expro Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Expro Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

California Resources beats Expro Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.