Reviewing Prairie Operating (PROP) & The Competition

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 peers? We will compare Prairie Operating to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

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	-3.59%	7.71%	6.83%

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 is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings 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	2146	11583	16189	623	2.50

As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 28.69%. Given Prairie Operating’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prairie Operating has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Prairie Operating peers 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.