Energy
California Resources Corp(CRC)
Live Price
Offline$55.30
-0.09% today
1Y Change
+22.83%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $6.22B
- Revenue Growth
- +21.9%
- EPS Growth
- -12.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.3%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
California Resources Corp (CRC) is a Energy stock with a market cap of $6.22B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $55.30 and up 22.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +21.9%, EPS growth of -12.0%, a dividend yield of 2.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +21.9%, EPS -12.0%, free cash flow +55.1% with operating margin 20.8% and ROIC 10.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 16.8 and price/sales 1.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CRC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Energy peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+21.9% vs +11.2% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+20.8% vs +8.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
16.8 vs 7.9 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +21.9% and EPS is at -12.0%, with operating margin around 20.8%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.6% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | -12.4% | -14.9% | -11.3% |
2026 Mar 2, 2026 | -4.1% | -1.7% | +4.1% | +12.0% |
2025 Nov 4, 2025 | +11.4% | -0.8% | +3.1% | +2.3% |
Benchmark Edge
CRC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
CRC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
CRC Max Drawdown
-24.68%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for CRC and SPY.
Company Overview
California Resources Corp
NYSE
California Resources Corporation is an American energy company specializing in hydrocarbon exploration and production exclusively in California. Headquartered in Long Beach and organized in Delaware, it holds the largest privately owned mineral acreage in the state, operating across key basins including the San Joaquin, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. Its flagship asset is the expansive 47,000-acre Elk Hills Oil Field in the San Joaquin Valley, alongside the Wilmington Oil Field in partnership with the state, and fields in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The company engages in conventional, enhanced oil recovery, and unconventional operations, with dry gas production, maintaining proved reserves of 480 million barrels of oil equivalent as of late 2021, predominantly petroleum. Formed in 2014 as a spin-off from Occidental Petroleum, it navigated Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020 before emerging stronger, later acquiring Elk Hills interests from Chevron and announcing a major all-stock purchase of Aera Energy in 2024. As California's leading oil and natural gas producer, it plays a pivotal role in the state's energy sector while pursuing energy transition initiatives like carbon capture and storage toward a 2045 net-zero target.
- Leadership
- Mr. Francisco J. Leon
- Employees
- 1.6k
- Street Address
- 1 World Trade Center, Suite 1500
- Mailing
- Long Beach, CA, 90831
- Region
- Long Beach, CA, United States
- Last Updated
- May 8, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 16.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 4.6
- Price/Sales
- 1.8
- Price/Book
- 2.1
Growth
- Revenue
- +21.9%
- EPS
- -12.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +55.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 37.4%
- Operating Margin
- 20.8%
- Net Margin
- 10.4%
- ROE
- 10.8%
- ROIC
- 10.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- โ
- Current Ratio
- 0.55
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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