CRC Stock Analysis: California Resources | NYSE
Oil & Gas E&P | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 4.826m USD | 12M Return: 15.6% | US13057Q3056 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 40.9M
EPS Trend: -19.1%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 79.0%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 5.9 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) is a U.S.-based independent energy and carbon management company headquartered in Long Beach, California. Founded in 2014 and public since its 2020 IPO, CRC operates in the Energy sector, specifically within Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. The company runs two main segments: a traditional Oil and Natural Gas business that explores, develops, and produces crude oil, oil condensate, NGLs, and natural gas for California refineries and other buyers, and a Carbon Management segment called Carbon TerraVault, which focuses on building, installing, operating, and maintaining CO2 capture equipment, transportation assets, and storage facilities. Additionally, CRC owns and operates power generation facilities, including smaller gas-fired plants that supply electricity to its own oil and natural gas operations.
- California oil production volumes and realized crude prices
- Carbon TerraVault CCS project pipeline expands with regulatory support
- Capital return program through buybacks and dividends boosts shareholder value
| Net Income: -121.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.87 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -8.92% < 20% (prev -5.48%; Δ -3.44% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.12 > 3% & CFO 886.0m > Net Income -121.0m |
| Net Debt (1.36b) to EBITDA (516.0m): 2.63 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.66 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (89.3m) vs 12m ago -0.11% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 46.42% > 18% (prev 39.45%; Δ 6.97% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 58.10% > 50% (prev 54.38%; Δ 3.72% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -0.84 > 6 (EBIT TTM -93.0m / Interest Expense TTM 111.0m) |
| A: -0.05 (Total Current Assets 697.0m - Total Current Liabilities 1.05b) / Total Assets 7.10b |
| B: 0.23 (Retained Earnings 1.63b / Total Assets 7.10b) |
| C: -0.01 (EBIT TTM -93.0m / Avg Total Assets 6.91b) |
| D: 0.92 (Book Value of Equity 3.40b / Total Liabilities 3.70b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.29 = BB |
| DSRI: 0.79 (Receivables 342.0m/392.0m, Revenue 4.01b/3.65b) |
| GMI: 0.85 (GM 39.45% / 46.42%) |
| AQI: 1.38 (AQ_t 0.07 / AQ_t-1 0.05) |
| SGI: 1.10 (Revenue 4.01b / 3.65b) |
| TATA: -0.14 (NI -121.0m - CFO 886.0m) / TA 7.10b) |
| Beneish M = -3.05 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of October 25, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 54.53 with a total of 864,432 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.37%, over one month by +4.66%, over three months by +1.28% and over the past year by +15.56%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 49.90 (which is 8.5% or 2.8 ATR below the current price).
California Resources has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.62. Therefore, it is recommended to buy CRC.
- StrongBuy: 9
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 75.3 | 38.1% |
P/E Forward = 11.919
P/S = 1.292
P/B = 1.3602
P/EG = 0.4416
Revenue TTM = 4.01b USD
EBIT TTM = -93.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 516.0m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.28b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 13.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.41b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 66.0m
Net Debt = 1.36b USD (calculated: Debt 1.41b - CCE 56.0m)
Enterprise Value = 6.18b USD (4.83b + Debt 1.41b - CCE 56.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -0.84 (Ebit TTM -93.0m / Interest Expense TTM 111.0m)
EV/FCF = 15.65x (Enterprise Value 6.18b / FCF TTM 395.0m)
FCF Yield = 6.39% (FCF TTM 395.0m / Enterprise Value 6.18b)
FCF Margin = 9.84% (FCF TTM 395.0m / Revenue TTM 4.01b)
Net Margin = -3.02% (Net Income TTM -121.0m / Revenue TTM 4.01b)
Gross Margin = 46.42% ((Revenue TTM 4.01b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.15b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 63.92% (prev 40.12%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.87 (Enterprise Value 6.18b / Total Assets 7.10b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 7.86% (Interest Expense 111.0m / Debt 1.41b)
Taxrate = 27.69% (139.0m / 502.0m)
NOPAT = -67.2m (EBIT -93.0m * (1 - 27.69%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 0.66 (Total Current Assets 697.0m / Total Current Liabilities 1.05b)
Debt / Equity = 0.42 (Debt 1.41b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.40b)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.63 (Net Debt 1.36b / EBITDA 516.0m)
Debt / FCF = 3.44 (Net Debt 1.36b / FCF TTM 395.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 3.36b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -1.75% (Net Income -121.0m / Total Assets 7.10b)
RoE = -3.60% (Net Income TTM -121.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 3.36b)
RoCE = -2.00% (EBIT -93.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 3.36b + L.T.Debt 1.28b))
RoIC = -1.12% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -67.2m / Invested Capital 6.00b)
WACC = 7.48% (E(4.83b)/V(6.24b) * Re(8.01%) + D(1.41b)/V(6.24b) * Rd(7.86%) * (1-Tc(0.28)))
Discount Rate = 8.01% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 57.44 | Cagr: 12.14%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈436.6m ; Y1≈382.9m ; Y5≈309.3m
[DCF] Fair Price = 40.63 (EV 4.97b - Net Debt 1.36b = Equity 3.61b / Shares 88.8m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -19.08 | EPS CAGR: -3.29% | SUE: -2.07 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 78.99 | Revenue CAGR: 16.86% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.92 | Chg30d=+0.38% | Revisions=-12% | Analysts=11
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.01 | Chg30d=+0.56% | Revisions=+22% | GrowthEPS=-2.5% | GrowthRev=-2.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=3.58 | Chg30d=-16.78% | Revisions=-8% | GrowthEPS=-10.6% | GrowthRev=-1.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0% (up=10, down=10)