Prairie Operating (PROP) Competitors

Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) and Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PROP or PDS?

Precision Drilling received 607 more outperform votes than Prairie Operating when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.48% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Prairie Operating an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prairie Operating	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Precision Drilling	Outperform Votes 607 65.48%	Underperform Votes 320 34.52%

Which has more volatility and risk, PROP or PDS?

Prairie Operating has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PROP or PDS?

34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of Prairie Operating shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PROP or PDS more profitable?

Precision Drilling has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Prairie Operating's net margin of 0.00%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 6.72% beat Prairie Operating's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prairie Operating	N/A	-110.71%	-78.09%
Precision Drilling	5.87%	6.72%	3.78%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PROP or PDS?

Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Operating. Prairie Operating is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Drilling, 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
Prairie Operating	$7.94M	18.24	-$79.08M	-$3.00	-1.80
Precision Drilling	$1.90B	0.33	$81.15M	$5.38	8.62

Do analysts prefer PROP or PDS?

Precision Drilling has a consensus target price of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 141.45%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Prairie Operating.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prairie Operating	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Precision Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer PROP or PDS?

In the previous week, Prairie Operating and Prairie Operating both had 6 articles in the media. Prairie Operating's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Precision Drilling's score of -0.09 indicating that Prairie Operating is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Prairie Operating	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Precision Drilling	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Prairie Operating on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.