Prairie Operating (PROP) versus Its Peers Critical Comparison

Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) is one of 286 public companies in the “Crude petroleum & natural gas” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Prairie Operating to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating’s rivals have a beta of -13.27, indicating that their average stock price is 1,427% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Prairie Operating and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prairie Operating	N/A	-377.86%	-103.26%
Prairie Operating Competitors	-3.61%	7.68%	6.82%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Prairie Operating and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prairie Operating	$1.55 million	-$79.08 million	-1.14
Prairie Operating Competitors	$12.31 billion	$1.07 billion	-602.70

Prairie Operating’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Operating. Prairie Operating is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Prairie Operating and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prairie Operating	0	0	0	0	N/A
Prairie Operating Competitors	2147	11590	16189	623	2.50

As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 28.55%. Given Prairie Operating’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prairie Operating has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Prairie Operating rivals beat Prairie Operating on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Prairie Operating

Prairie Operating Co., an independent energy company, engages in the development, exploration, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. The company holds assets in the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado; and the Niobrara and Codell formations. Prairie Operating Co. is based in Houston Texas.