CRCCalifornia Resources Corporation

$52.54

Is it safe?

Can CRC take a bad year?

California Resources Corporation carries $1.23B of net debt at 2.66× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$1.23B

Net debt · as at Q2 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business

Net debt / EBITDA
2.66×

Net debt / EBITDA · 0.59× a year ago · the load is going up

Altman Z-score
1.87

Altman Z-score · grey zone, between 1.8 and 3

Debt / equity
0.38×

Debt / equity

Details
Total debtQ2 2026
$1.28B
Cash and short-term investments
$56M
Net debt
$1.23B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$461M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
−$55M
Debt / equity
0.38×
Total debt / EBITDA
2.78×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
39%
Worst drawdown on file
−45%
Below its 52-week high
−25%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.