COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
CRC vs VET
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CRC scored 54.1, VET scored 65.2 — VET leads.
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Different reporting periods. CRC's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but VET's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
CRC
California Resources Corporation
54.1
$53.24 · $4.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
11.1
VET leads
VET
Vermilion Energy Inc.
65.2
$12.73 · $1.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestCRC1.4x
- Fastest growthVET+14.1%
- Strongest balance sheetCRC0.40
- Highest qualityVET65 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueVET-92%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/S multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CRC
stronger →← stronger
VET
40
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
65
46
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
86
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
100
VET is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CRC
VET
$385mC
FCF
$1.0bC+
+4.5%C+
Rev
+14.1%B+
0.40B+
D/E
0.63B
1.4xB+
P/S
1.5xB+
0.32A
PEG
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Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CRC
VET
42% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
92% below
~-3%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
decline
+46%
1-yr DCF upside
+848%
+72%
5-yr DCF upside
+1146%
+119%
10-yr DCF upside
+1762%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CRC
Why this score
- Diluting shareholders
VET
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Cyclical growth
- Foreign reporter (CAD)
The companies
CRCCalifornia Resources Corporation
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $4.7b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $71.98 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.32 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $77.55 (implying +46% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -3.6%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. ROE -4% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate. Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
VETVermilion Energy Inc.
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $1.9b. 14% off the 52-week high of $14.82. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median.
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -37.0%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. ROE -29% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate. Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where CRC and VET diverge
On the headline score the gap is 11.1 points in favor of VET. The widest single difference is Quality, where VET leads by 24.9 points.
- QualityCRC 39.8 · VET 64.7VET +24.9
- ValueCRC 86.1 · VET 100.0VET +13.9
- GrowthCRC 46.3 · VET 50.0VET +3.7
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.