CRC vs. CNX, BSM, ERF, NOG, CRK, VIST, KOS, SSL, TALO, and AESI
Should you be buying California Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California Resources include CNX Resources (CNX), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Enerplus (ERF), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Comstock Resources (CRK), Vista Energy (VIST), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Sasol (SSL), Talos Energy (TALO), and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
California Resources (NYSE:CRC) and CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
CNX Resources received 451 more outperform votes than California Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote.
CNX Resources has a net margin of 40.44% compared to California Resources' net margin of 11.34%. California Resources' return on equity of 11.00% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.
California Resources presently has a consensus price target of $63.71, suggesting a potential upside of 28.98%. CNX Resources has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than CNX Resources.
97.8% of California Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, California Resources and California Resources both had 12 articles in the media. CNX Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat California Resources' score of 0.29 indicating that CNX Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
California Resources has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNX Resources has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CNX Resources has higher revenue and earnings than California Resources. CNX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CNX Resources beats California Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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