California Resources Corporatio (CRC) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas E&P
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $62.31: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10 and A.R:R 1.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
California Resources Corporation operates as an independent energy and carbon management company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Oil and Natural Gas, and Carbon Management. It explores, develops, and produces crude oil, oil condensate, natural gas... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $62.31: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10 and A.R:R 1.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/7 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 78d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — California Resources Corporatio
Latest news
- FIT-DNA Shows Modest Advantage Over FIT for CRC Screening in Community Health Centers - The American Journal of Managed — The American Journal of Managed Care neutral
- Automated Text Nudges May Offer Scalable, Low-Cost Path to Closing CRC Screening Gaps - The American Journal of Managed — The American Journal of Managed Care neutral
- Earnings Preview: California Resources Corporation (CRC) Q1 Earnings Expected to Decline - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance negative
- California Resources (CRC) Projected to Post Earnings on Tuesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- CALIFORNIA RESOURCES ($CRC) Releases Q1 2026 Earnings, Stock Rises - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative positive
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHGeographicCalifornia10-K Item 1A: 'Our operations are highly concentrated in California.'
- HIGHCustomerCalifornia markets10-K Item 1A: 'We sell nearly all of our crude oil production into California markets.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-16Item 5.02LOWMichael Helm appointed as VP-Finance and Controller (principal accounting officer) effective March 16, 2026. Previously led Berry Corporation's accounting function as Chief Accounting Officer since 2017. No reason cited for predecessor's departure.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $62.31: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10 and A.R:R 1.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $57.95. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $70.39 (+13.0% upside). Prior stop was $57.95. Stop-loss: $57.95.
Concentration risk — Geographic: California; Concentration risk — Customer: California markets; Quality below floor (3.1 < 4.0).
California Resources Corporatio trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 14.1). TrendMatrix value score: 6.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
17 analysts cover CRC with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $81.
What does California Resources Corporatio do?California Resources Corporation operates as an independent energy and carbon management company in the United States....
California Resources Corporation operates as an independent energy and carbon management company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Oil and Natural Gas, and Carbon Management. It explores, develops, and produces crude oil, oil condensate, natural gas liquids and natural gas to california refineries, marketers, and other purchasers. The company also provides Carbon TerraVault which builds, installs, operates, and maintains CO2 capture equipment, transportation assets, and storage facilities. In addition, it owns and operates power generation facilities, as well as smaller gas-fired power plants used to generate power for oil and natural gas operations. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Long Beach, California.