California Resources vs Murphy Oil
CRC and MUR side by side, both in crude petroleum and natural gas. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CRC and MUR compare
Murphy Oil is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as California Resources ($5.2B against $4.2B).
Murphy Oil grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.2% versus −22.5% for California Resources).
Murphy Oil keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 15.0% compared with −3.8% at California Resources.
Both pay dividends: California Resources yields 3.4% and Murphy Oil 3.8%.
Murphy Oil scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 10 for California Resources), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CRC | MUR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.2B | $5.2B |
| Share price | $47.45 | $35.93 |
| Change, 1 year | 0.74% | 24.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 17.0% | 36.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.70 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 2,500 | 822 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 11.2× |
| P/S | 1.3× (better) | 1.6× |
| P/B | 1.2× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8× | 3.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 10.9× | – |
| FCF yield | 9.1% | – |
| Fair value | $58.45 | $55.14 |
| Margin of safety | 18.8% | 34.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −22.5% | 13.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 6.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −118% | 228% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −119% | 228% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | −1.7% | 25.8% (better) |
| Net margin | −3.8% | 15.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 12.1% | – |
| Return on equity | −3.6% | 8.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −0.97% | 9.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.38 | 0.30 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.66 | 0.62 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 8.0× |
| Current ratio | 0.66 | 0.95 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.37 | 2.11 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.4% | 3.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 42.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 15.8% |
| Buyback yield | 1.6% (better) | 0.02% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.0% (better) | 3.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 88.7% |
| Held by insiders | 13.7% | 4.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$223M | −$1.9M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.8% | 7.2% |
Go deeper
- CRC stock overview
- CRC income statement
- CRC valuation and score
- MUR stock overview
- MUR income statement
- MUR valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.