CRC California Resources Corp

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $42M, Q2 2025: $35M, Q1 2025: $58M, Q3 2024: $20M

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $42M vs trailing avg $38M (+12%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Negative FCF ($-424M), cannot compute buyback ratio

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 10,824,690 shares = 11.9% of 91,100,322 outstanding (annualized)

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $5M (net selling)

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 4636655.7x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers

• Gould Christopher D. (EVP & Chief Sustainability Off) sold 24,347 shares on 2026-03-11
• Hayat Omar (EVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 23,000 shares on 2026-03-09