Prairie Operating (PROP) versus Its Rivals Critical Review

Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) is one of 279 public companies in the “Crude petroleum & natural gas” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Prairie Operating to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prairie Operating	$1.55 million	-$79.08 million	-1.12
Prairie Operating Competitors	$732.13 billion	$1.07 billion	32.91

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Prairie Operating and its peers, 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	2141	11484	16005	611	2.50

As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 26.13%. Given Prairie Operating’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prairie Operating has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Prairie Operating and its peers’ 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	-4.51%	7.25%	6.58%

Volatility & Risk

Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating’s peers have a beta of -14.03, meaning that their average share price is 1,503% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider 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 insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Prairie Operating peers beat Prairie Operating on 7 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.