Head-To-Head Comparison: Prairie Operating (PROP) and Its Rivals

Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) is one of 270 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prairie Operating	$1.55 million	-$79.08 million	-1.18
Prairie Operating Competitors	$756.58 billion	$1.11 billion	26.80

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

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	-1.63%	6.96%	6.59%

Volatility and Risk

Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating’s competitors have a beta of -14.64, indicating that their average share price is 1,564% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% 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, 9.4% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Prairie Operating and its competitors, 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	2130	11445	15911	597	2.50

As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 24.60%. Given Prairie Operating’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prairie Operating has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Prairie Operating competitors beat Prairie Operating on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

Prairie Operating Company Profile

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.