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California Resources (California Resources) Graham Number : $67.90 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is California Resources Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-05-04), the stock price of California Resources is $51.68. California Resources's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $67.90. Therefore, California Resources's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.76.

The historical rank and industry rank for California Resources's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

CRC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.54   Med: 0.55   Max: 0.76
Current: 0.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of California Resources was 0.76. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 0.55.

CRC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
58.4% of 649 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.85 vs CRC: 0.76

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


California Resources Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for California Resources's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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California Resources Graham Number Chart

California Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 77.50 80.59 74.39

California Resources Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 80.82 87.17 77.06 65.48 67.90

Competitive Comparison of California Resources's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, California Resources's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


California Resources's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, California Resources's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where California Resources's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



California Resources Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

California Resources's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*32.303*7.614)
=74.39

California Resources's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*32.303*6.344)
=67.90

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


California Resources  (NYSE:CRC) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

California Resources's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=51.68/67.90
=0.76

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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California Resources (California Resources) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 World Trade Center, Suite 1500, Long Beach, CA, USA, 90831
California Resources Corp is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company operating properties exclusively within California. It provides affordable and reliable energy in a safe and responsible manner, to support and enhance the quality of life of Californians and the local communities in which the company operates. It has some of the lowest carbon intensity production in the United States and is focused on maximizing the value of its land, mineral, and technical resources for decarbonization by developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) and other emissions-reducing projects. CRC has a large portfolio of lower-risk conventional opportunities in the following California oil and gas basins: San Joaquin, Los Angeles, Ventura, and Sacramento.
Executives
Omar Hayat officer: EVP - Operations 1 WORLD TRADE CENTER, SUITE 1500, LONG BEACH CA 90831
Peralta Manuela Molina officer: EVP and CFO 1 WORLD TRADE CENTER, SUITE 1500, LONG BEACH CA 90831
William B Roby director 27200 TOURNEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SANTA CLARITA CA 91355
Goldentree Asset Management Lp 10 percent owner 300 PARK AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Ares Management Llc 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Alejandra Veltmann director 1500 CITYWEST BLVD., SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77042
Neeman Brady Nicole Elana director 113 S. LA BREA BLVD., 3RD FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90036
Christopher D. Gould officer: EVP & Chief Sustainability Off 27200 TOURNEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SANTA CLARITA CA 91355
Ssf Iv Energy I Aiv 2, L.p. 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, C/O ARES MANAGEMENT, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Assf Operating Manager Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Af V Energy Iv Aiv 1a, L.p. 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, C/O ARES MANAGEMENT, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Af V Energy Iv Aiv 1b, L.p. 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, C/O ARES MANAGEMENT, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Af V Energy Iv Aiv 2, L.p. 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, C/O ARES MANAGEMENT, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Ssf Iv Energy I Aiv 1a, L.p. 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, C/O ARES MANAGEMENT, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Acof Investment Management Llc 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067