U.S. Energy (USEG) Competitors

U.S. Energy (NASDAQ:USEG) and Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in USEG or PROP?

3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are held by institutional investors. 70.9% of U.S. Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.0% of Prairie Operating shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, USEG or PROP?

U.S. Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Operating. Prairie Operating is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Energy, 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
U.S. Energy	$23.72M	1.83	-$32.36M	-$1.32	-1.17
Prairie Operating	$1.55M	111.79	-$79.08M	-$3.00	-2.51

Which has more risk and volatility, USEG or PROP?

U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USEG or PROP?

U.S. Energy received 193 more outperform votes than Prairie Operating when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.60% of users gave U.S. Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Prairie Operating an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Energy	Outperform Votes 193 51.60%	Underperform Votes 181 48.40%
Prairie Operating	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%

Is USEG or PROP more profitable?

Prairie Operating has a net margin of 0.00% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -141.51%. U.S. Energy's return on equity of -71.83% beat Prairie Operating's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Energy	-141.51%	-71.83%	-39.03%
Prairie Operating	N/A	-110.71%	-78.09%

Does the media prefer USEG or PROP?

In the previous week, U.S. Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Prairie Operating. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for U.S. Energy and 2 mentions for Prairie Operating. Prairie Operating's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat U.S. Energy's score of 0.94 indicating that Prairie Operating is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Prairie Operating	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

U.S. Energy beats Prairie Operating on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.