California Resources (NYSE:CRC – Get Free Report) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN – Get Free Report) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares California Resources and Barnwell Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| California Resources | 11.34% | 11.00% | 5.91% |
| Barnwell Industries | -13.29% | -18.20% | -9.39% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for California Resources and Barnwell Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| California Resources | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.71 |
| Barnwell Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares California Resources and Barnwell Industries’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| California Resources | $2.80 billion | 1.29 | $564.00 million | $3.49 | 15.05 |
| Barnwell Industries | $25.27 million | 0.92 | -$960,000.00 | ($0.33) | -7.00 |
California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
California Resources has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Barnwell Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. California Resources pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barnwell Industries pays out -3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of California Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are held 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.
Summary
California Resources beats Barnwell Industries on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About California Resources
California Resources Corporation operates as an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production, and carbon management company in the United States. The company explores, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids for marketers, California refineries, and other purchasers that have access to transportation and storage facilities. It also engages in the generation and sale of electricity to the wholesale power market and utility sector; and developing various carbon capture and storage projects in California. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Long Beach, California.
About Barnwell Industries
Barnwell Industries, Inc. acquires, develops, produces, and sells oil and natural gas in Canada. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Natural Gas, Land Investment, and Contract Drilling. It also acquires and develops crude oil and natural gas assets in the province of Alberta, as well as invests in land interests in Hawaii. In addition, the company owns and operates threes water well drilling rigs, two pump rigs, and other ancillary drilling and pump equipment; and drills water and water monitoring wells of varying depths. Further, it installs and repairs water pumping systems; and distributes trillium flow technologies. Barnwell Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1956 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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