Sundance Energy Australia (OTCMKTS:SDCJF) versus California Resources (NYSE:CRC) Head to Head Contrast

Sundance Energy Australia (OTCMKTS:SDCJF) and California Resources (NYSE:CRC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sundance Energy Australia and California Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sundance Energy Australia	0	0	0	0	0.00
California Resources	0	1	9	0	2.90

California Resources has a consensus price target of $65.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.36%. Given California Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than Sundance Energy Australia.

Risk & Volatility

Sundance Energy Australia has a beta of 3.96, meaning that its stock price is 296% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sundance Energy Australia and California Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sundance Energy Australia	24.02%	13.45%	6.16%
California Resources	17.43%	12.16%	6.15%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.8% of California Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of California Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sundance Energy Australia and California Resources”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sundance Energy Australia	$164.93 million	0.06	-$28.14 million	N/A	N/A
California Resources	$2.64 billion	1.47	$564.00 million	$6.35	9.02

California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Sundance Energy Australia.

Summary

California Resources beats Sundance Energy Australia on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sundance Energy Australia

Sundance Energy Australia Limited operates as an onshore oil and gas company in the United States. The company explores for, develops, and produces oil and natural gas. Its exploration and development activities are focused on the Eagle Ford project in the South-Texas-Gulf Coast Basin. Sundance Energy Australia Limited was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Wayville, Australia.

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.