California Resources Corporation (CRC)

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California Resources Corporation's filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 4 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, 2 times, the latest 2020-10-19); a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2020-07-16); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-07-17); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-04-09) (its current reports).

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California Resources Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.4 billion in fiscal 2015 to $3.7 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 38% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

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Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, California Resources Corporation's diluted share count grew about 4.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 49% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales (5 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09, buying about $318 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

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Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, California Resources Corporation earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.4% over the year (the filed statements).

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California Resources Corporation's standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 26% by size; a net margin of 9.9% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 10.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 22% (its annual reports).

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California Resources Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Leon, Francisco (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-01-29, 2.8 years (top 49% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6 years (top 46%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

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California Resources Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $132 million against debt of $1.3 billion leaves -15.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 47% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.8% of revenue (bottom 35%) (its annual report).

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California Resources Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.7% a year over the last three filed years against 4.3% over all 10, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew 14.7% (top 29%); capital spending grew -5.3% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). California Resources Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Reportable at $3.0 billion, Oil and Natural Gas at $2.9 billion, Carbon Management at $0 thousand. 3 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 50% of revenue (its annual report).

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California Resources Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.6% above the $3.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 46% of its family); net income of $363 million against a prior three-year average of $488 million (top 38%); a net margin of 9.9% against 17.1% before (top 46%) (its annual reports).