Prairie Operating (PROP) Competitors

Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) and VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PROP or EGY?

VAALCO Energy received 256 more outperform votes than Prairie Operating when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prairie Operating	N/A	N/A
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 256 60.24%	Underperform Votes 169 39.76%

Do analysts rate PROP or EGY?

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)	N/A
VAALCO Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, PROP or EGY?

Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PROP or EGY more profitable?

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 13.60% compared to Prairie Operating's net margin of 0.00%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 14.04% beat Prairie Operating's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prairie Operating	N/A	-1,088.01%	-159.22%
VAALCO Energy	13.60%	14.04%	7.89%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PROP or EGY?

34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PROP or EGY?

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Prairie Operating. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 2 mentions for Prairie Operating. Prairie Operating's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.73 indicating that Prairie Operating is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Prairie Operating	Very Positive
VAALCO Energy	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PROP or EGY?

VAALCO Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Operating.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prairie Operating	$1.55M	100.12	-$79.08M	N/A	N/A
VAALCO Energy	$455.07M	1.42	$60.35M	$0.60	10.40

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats Prairie Operating on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.