Contrasting Prairie Operating (PROP) and Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Prairie Operating and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prairie Operating	0	0	0	0	N/A
Prairie Operating Competitors	2150	11592	16189	624	2.50

As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 28.61%. Given Prairie Operating’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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	-3.45%	7.66%	6.82%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Prairie Operating and its competitors 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	$12.22 billion	$1.07 billion	-589.64

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.

Volatility and Risk

Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating’s competitors have a beta of -14.14, suggesting that their average stock price is 1,514% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.