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CRCCalifornia Resources CorporatioSell6.2·$54.17+1.40%

California Resources Corporatio (CRC) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage

MISS-28.0% vs estimateEPS $0.99 vs $1.37 estCurrent verdict Sell 6.2/10

Reported

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Event detail · Q2 2026

Key numbers

Reported EPS
$0.99
Estimate
$1.37
Surprise
-28.0%
Score today
6.2/10

Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.

Report record · Q2 2026

How the report landed

California Resources Corporatio (CRC) missed the $1.37 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.99 — a large 28.0% shortfall.

Current read · as of 2026-09-04

Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now

TrendMatrix currently rates CRC Sell at 6.2/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.

1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -28.0% surprise compares with a -5.5% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-03.

What supports the rating

  • Sector modifier (Energy): +1.2
  • Attractive valuation

What argues against it

  • Concentration risk — Geographic: California
  • Concentration risk — Geographic: California markets
  • V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6)

This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.

Current engine read

The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks

Current price
$54.17
Price target
$66.75
Stop
$51.29
Upside to target
+23.2%
Reward-to-risk
3.7:1

Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.

Energy context

CRC at TrendMatrix's latest read

Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.

Industry
Oil & Gas E&P
Market cap
$4.74B
P/E (fwd)
12.5
52-week range
$43.24$71.98
Off 52-week high
24.7%
RSI (14)
56
Volume vs avg
0.52×
Score today
6.2/10

Earnings figures are sourced from TrendMatrix’s pipeline (EPS: existing earnings extraction; revenue: SEC XBRL company facts where available, yfinance-provisional otherwise). Not a buy/sell rating, a price target, or investment advice — see the current verdict on the stock’s main page for TrendMatrix’s live read.

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