California Resources (NYSE:CRC) & Indonesia Energy (NYSE:INDO) Head-To-Head Contrast

Indonesia Energy (NYSE:INDO) and California Resources (NYSE:CRC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.5% of Indonesia Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 71.6% of Indonesia Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of California Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Indonesia Energy and California Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Indonesia Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
California Resources	0	1	5	0	2.83

California Resources has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.53%. Given California Resources’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than Indonesia Energy.

Volatility and Risk

Indonesia Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Indonesia Energy and California Resources’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Indonesia Energy	$4.10 million	5.34	-$3.12 million	N/A	N/A
California Resources	$2.80 billion	1.35	$564.00 million	$7.72	7.14

California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Indonesia Energy.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Indonesia Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
California Resources	20.14%	17.57%	9.39%

Summary

California Resources beats Indonesia Energy on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Indonesia Energy

Indonesia Energy Corporation Limited operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in Indonesia. The company holds interests in the Kruh Block, a producing block covering an area of 258 square kilometers with net crude oil proved reserves of 2.06 million barrels located to the northwest of Pendopo, Pali, South Sumatra; and the Citarum Block, an exploration block covering an area of 3,924.67 square kilometers located onshore in West Java. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia Energy Corporation Limited is a subsidiary of Maderic Holding Limited.

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.