California Resources
CRC NYSE· Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$54.75
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- California Resources had $3.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 14.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.9% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 16.3%, down 3.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 16 is left after running the business.
- California Resources made $363M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $543M in fiscal 2025, 14.8% of revenue.
- California Resources returned $513M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 94% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 7.4%.
- California Resources owes $1.2B more than it holds in cash, about 1.0 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$4.9B
P/E
—
Revenue
$3.7B
Net income
$363M
Free cash flow
$543M
Operating margin
16.3%
California Resources in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+14.7%
Yes. Sales grew 14.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
9.9%
A little. It keeps 9.9% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
14.8%
Yes. 14.8% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
1.0x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.0 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 8
Mixed. It passes 4 of 8 health tests.
What California Resources does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 2, 2026
- Legal name
- California Resources Corp
- CIK
- 0001609253
California Resources · CRC
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.9B | $2.7B | $2.8B | $3.2B | $3.7B |
| Revenue growth | — | 43.3% | 3.5% | 14.2% | 14.7% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 30.0% | 28.9% | 19.4% | 16.3% |
| Net income | $612M | $524M | $564M | $376M | $363M |
| Net margin | 32.4% | 19.4% | 20.1% | 11.8% | 9.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $7.37 | $6.75 | $7.78 | $4.62 | $4.15 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $660M | $690M | $653M | $610M | $865M |
| Capital expenditure | $194M | $379M | $185M | $255M | $322M |
| Free cash flow | $466M | $311M | $468M | $355M | $543M |
| FCF margin | 24.7% | 11.5% | 16.7% | 11.1% | 14.8% |
| Dividends paid | $14.0M | $59.0M | $81.0M | $113M | $136M |
| Share buybacks | $148M | $313M | $143M | $192M | $377M |
| Share count change | — | −6.5% | −6.6% | 12.3% | 7.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $305M | $307M | $496M | $372M | $132M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $589M | $592M | $540M | $1.1B | $1.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.7B | $1.9B | $2.2B | $3.5B | $3.7B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.6x | 0.3x | 0.0x | 0.8x | 1.0x |
| Current ratio | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.5x | 1.0x | 0.9x |
| Interest coverage | 10.5x | 18.9x | 14.4x | 7.1x | 5.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | — | 27.1% | 27.6% | 13.8% | 9.5% |
| Return on equity | — | 29.5% | 27.6% | 13.1% | 10.1% |
| Piotroski F-score | — | — | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.3M
2 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$223M
7 insiders
Of sales under plans
1%
$3.3M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
California Resources · CRC
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Resources CRC | $4.9B | 14.7% | 16.3% | 14.8% | 9.5% | — | 4 |
| Matador Resources MTDR | $7.5B | 5.5% | 33.2% | 7.3% | — | 10.3x | — |
| Crescent Energy CRGY | — | 22.1% | 6.4% | — | 2.3% | — | — |
| SM Energy SM | $9.6B | 17.3% | 31.7% | — | 11.1% | — | 6 |
| Range Resources RRC | $12.7B | 28.9% | — | 18.9% | 13.7% | 14.8x | 8 |
KIRA
At $54.75 a share, the company is worth $4.9B.
California Resources grew sales faster than 1 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001609253). Data updated October 21, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.