Head-To-Head Survey: Prairie Operating (PROP) vs. Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Prairie Operating and its competitors, as provided 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 28.66%. Given Prairie Operating’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prairie Operating has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Prairie Operating and its competitors’ 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	-3.59%	7.71%	6.83%

Risk and Volatility

Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating’s competitors have a beta of -13.66, suggesting that their average share price is 1,466% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Prairie Operating and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prairie Operating	$1.55 million	-$79.08 million	-1.14
Prairie Operating Competitors	$10.94 billion	$1.07 billion	-591.67

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

Summary

Prairie Operating competitors 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.