California Resources Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts that cover California Resources stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $72.57, which forecasts a 6.70% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $66 and the highest is $82.

Price Target: $72.57 (+6.70%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$66	$72.57	$72	$82
Change	-2.96%	+6.70%	+5.87%	+20.57%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for California Resources stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	4	3	2	2	2	2
Buy	4	5	5	5	5	4
Hold	2	2	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10	10	8	8	8	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Josh Silverstein UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $81 → $82	Strong Buy	Maintains	$81 → $82	+20.57%	Apr 13, 2026
Scott Gruber Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $67 → $74	Hold	Maintains	$67 → $74	+8.81%	Mar 30, 2026
Scott Gruber Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $51 → $67	Hold	Maintains	$51 → $67	-1.49%	Mar 18, 2026
Sam Margolin Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $72 → $76	Buy	Maintains	$72 → $76	+11.75%	Mar 17, 2026
Betty Jiang Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $67 → $72	Buy	Maintains	$67 → $72	+5.87%	Mar 16, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.82B

from 3.40B

12.37%

from 3.40B

Revenue Next Year

3.72B

from 3.82B

-2.64%

from 3.82B

EPS This Year

3.78

from 4.15

-8.91%

from 4.15

EPS Next Year

3.63

from 3.78

-4.09%

from 3.78

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	2.53B	3.24B	2.81B	2.96B	3.40B	3.82B	3.72B
Revenue Growth	59.05%	27.77%	-13.05%	5.12%	15.08%	12.37%	-2.64%
EPS	7.37	6.75	7.78	4.62	4.15	3.78	3.63
EPS Growth	-76.96%	-8.41%	15.26%	-40.62%	-10.17%	-8.91%	-4.09%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.99	18.76
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	13	13

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	4.4B	4.5B
Avg	3.8B	3.7B
Low	3.3B	3.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	28.6%	16.9%
Avg	12.4%	-2.6%
Low	-4.4%	-21.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	6.52	7.05
Avg	3.78	3.63
Low	1.21	1.54

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	57.2%	86.4%
Avg	-8.9%	-4.1%
Low	-71.0%	-59.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.