ProFrac (ACDC) Competitors

Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) and ProFrac (NASDAQ:ACDC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BSM or ACDC?

Black Stone Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ProFrac. ProFrac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Stone Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Black Stone Minerals	$439.43M	7.02	$422.55M	$1.15	12.70
ProFrac	$2.19B	0.36	-$97.70M	-$1.37	-3.58

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BSM or ACDC?

Black Stone Minerals received 291 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.56% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Black Stone Minerals	Outperform Votes 299 59.56%	Underperform Votes 203 40.44%
ProFrac	Outperform Votes 8 28.57%	Underperform Votes 20 71.43%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BSM or ACDC?

14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of ProFrac shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of ProFrac shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, BSM or ACDC?

Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProFrac has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BSM or ACDC more profitable?

Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 67.54% compared to ProFrac's net margin of -9.51%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 41.49% beat ProFrac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Black Stone Minerals	67.54%	41.49%	29.65%
ProFrac	-9.51%	-3.54%	-1.41%

Do analysts recommend BSM or ACDC?

Black Stone Minerals currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. ProFrac has a consensus target price of $7.20, indicating a potential upside of 46.94%. Given ProFrac's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ProFrac is more favorable than Black Stone Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Black Stone Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
ProFrac	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Does the media refer more to BSM or ACDC?

In the previous week, ProFrac had 1 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ProFrac and 4 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Black Stone Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat ProFrac's score of -0.32 indicating that Black Stone Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Black Stone Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ProFrac	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats ProFrac on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.