Profitability
This table compares Prairie Operating and Pengrowth Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Prairie Operating | N/A | -110.71% | -78.09% |
| Pengrowth Energy | -147.21% | -193.94% | -25.06% |
Volatility & Risk
Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pengrowth Energy has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Prairie Operating and Pengrowth Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Prairie Operating | $1.55 million | 66.00 | -$79.08 million | ($3.00) | -2.71 |
| Pengrowth Energy | $408.45 million | 0.06 | -$431.50 million | N/A | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pengrowth Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Prairie Operating beats Pengrowth Energy on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Pengrowth Energy
Pengrowth Energy Corporation, a resource company, explores for, develops, and produces oil and natural gas assets in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia provinces in Canada. The company explores for crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, shale gas, and natural gas liquids. Its principal producing properties are the Lindbergh thermal property covering an area of 20,800 net acres located in Alberta; and Groundbirch property totaling an area of 12,536 net acres located to the south west of Fort St. John, British Columbia. As of December 31, 2018, the company had 269 net producing oil and natural gas wells; and 586 net non-producing wells, as well as total proved plus probable reserves of 446.6 millions of barrels of oil equivalent. Pengrowth Energy Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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