California Resources Corp. (CRC)$62.04

Market Cap: 3.17 BCurrency: USD

Research Snapshot

Static fundamentals, valuation context, and investor signals for California Resources Corp. (CRC).

ENERGY

OIL & GAS E&P

DCF ready

Valuation

5.6x

EV/FCF, 17.9% FCF yield

Quality

9.9%

ROIC, 18.7% FCF margin

Growth

21.7%

5Y sales (revenue) CAGR

Balance sheet

0.0x

Debt/equity, 0.9x current ratio

Superinvestors

Top: Meridian Contrarian Fund (1.8%)

Strengths to research

Revenue compounded at 21.7% over five years.
Free cash flow compounded at 47.4% over five years.
Free cash flow margin is healthy at 18.7%.
Debt/equity looks manageable at 0.0x.

Watchouts

Current ratio is below 1 at 0.9x.

Annual data: 10 periods

Quarterly data: 24 periods

Stock snapshot: May 25, 2026

Static dataset: May 25, 2026

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for CRC.

Grade B

/ 100

Peer Comparison

Target stock against 8 market-cap comparable peers.

Heat map: red worst to green best


CRC Target	California Resources Corp.	$3.2B	14.9x	5.6x	9.9%	21.7%	18.7%	N/A	-0.1x	N/A
GPOR	Gulfport Energy Corp.	$3.2B	8.3x	5.0x	16.3%	10.4%	56.5%	N/A	0.9x	N/A
PEYUF	Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.	$2.5B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CNX	CNX Resources Corp.	$4.5B	8.9x	12.9x	9.4%	12.2%	23.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
VIST	Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V.	$4.6B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MTDR	Matador Resources Co.	$5.0B	9.3x	31.0x	8.4%	33.8%	7.4%	N/A	1.4x	N/A
CHRD	Chord Energy	$5.4B	194.6x	3.3x	0.5%	42.0%	41.8%	N/A	0.8x	N/A
APA	APA Corp.	$5.6B	9.7x	1.1x	23.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A	-0.1x	N/A
OVV	Ovintiv Inc.	$9.0B	12.3x	9.4x	7.6%	9.5%	17.4%	N/A	1.6x	N/A

Financial Charts

No financial data available for CRC (annual).

2 superinvestors own CRC

Current quarter ownership and quarter-over-quarter share changes.

Superinvestor ownership

Fund	Shares	Value	% Portfolio	QoQ Change
Meridian Contrarian Fund Meridian Contrarian Fund	178,000	$9M	1.76%	▼ -22.6%
Lee Ainslie Maverick Capital	11,680	$808,000	0.01%	0.0%