Compare Stocks: MCF, BTEGF, NOG, and CRKR

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BTEGF Baytex Energy	$4.53 -1.3%	$4.59	$3.81 ▼ $7.24	$2.47B	2.16	249,520 shs	22.49 million shs
CRKR Prairie Operating		$0.00	$3.00 ▼ $14.50	$2.39B	1.59	40,055 shs	1,400 shs
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	$3.22 +3.5%	$3.22	$1.58 ▼ $6.94	$648.31M	2.02	1.24 million shs	3.62 million shs
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$23.30 -1.3%	$24.07	$17.18 ▼ $31.17	$2.48B	0.73	1.96 million shs	1.54 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BTEGF Baytex Energy	-1.31%	-6.40%	-1.74%	+13.53%	+84.15%
CRKR Prairie Operating	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	0.00%	-6.87%	-10.63%	+21.58%	-13.47%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BTEGF Baytex Energy	$4.53 -1.3%	$4.59	$3.81 ▼ $7.24	$2.47B	2.16	249,520 shs	22.49 million shs
CRKR Prairie Operating		$0.00	$3.00 ▼ $14.50	$2.39B	1.59	40,055 shs	1,400 shs
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	$3.22 +3.5%	$3.22	$1.58 ▼ $6.94	$648.31M	2.02	1.24 million shs	3.62 million shs
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$23.30 -1.3%	$24.07	$17.18 ▼ $31.17	$2.48B	0.73	1.96 million shs	1.54 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BTEGF Baytex Energy	-1.31%	-6.40%	-1.74%	+13.53%	+84.15%
CRKR Prairie Operating	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	0.00%	-6.87%	-10.63%	+21.58%	-13.47%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BTEGF Baytex Energy	2.33	Hold	N/A	N/A
CRKR Prairie Operating	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	2.11	Hold	$31.00	33.04% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MCF, BTEGF, NOG, and CRKR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/10/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$28.00 ➝ $31.00
8/11/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D) ➝ Sell (D+)
7/31/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
7/23/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
7/20/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$36.00 ➝ $28.00
7/15/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$28.00
7/14/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$31.00 ➝ $29.00
6/29/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Underweight	$29.00 ➝ $25.00

(Data available from 9/27/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BTEGF Baytex Energy	$2.79B	0.88	$1.47 per share	3.08	$3.13 per share	1.45
CRKR Prairie Operating	$520K	0.00	N/A	N/A	($0.53) per share	0.00
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	$112.92M	5.74	N/A	N/A	$0.26 per share	12.38
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$2.16B	1.15	$13.09 per share	1.78	$21.79 per share	1.07

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BTEGF Baytex Energy	$1.29B	$1.47	3.08	8.55	N/A	38.28%	40.85%	20.18%	N/A
CRKR Prairie Operating	-$13.42M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-286.57%	N/A
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	-$165.34M	-$0.42	N/A	N/A	N/A	-28.38%	58.50%	8.12%	N/A
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$38.76M	-$5.18	N/A	5.99	N/A	-25.35%	18.69%	6.85%	11/9/2026 (Estimated)

Latest MCF, BTEGF, NOG, and CRKR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$1.18	$1.13	-$0.05	$2.19	$594.09 million	$745.24 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BTEGF Baytex Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRKR Prairie Operating	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	$1.80	7.72%	N/A	N/A	4 Years

Latest MCF, BTEGF, NOG, and CRKR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/3/2026	NOG Northern Oil and Gas	quarterly	$0.45	8.82%	9/29/2026	9/29/2026	10/30/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BTEGF Baytex Energy	0.40	0.81	0.81
CRKR Prairie Operating	N/A	1.26	1.26
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	2.25	0.45	0.44
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	1.37	0.80	0.80

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BTEGF Baytex Energy	N/A
CRKR Prairie Operating	49.55%
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	25.92%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	98.80%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BTEGF Baytex Energy	0.76%
CRKR Prairie Operating	24.60%
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	27.00%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	2.80%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BTEGF Baytex Energy	220	544.93 million	540.79 million	Not Optionable
CRKR Prairie Operating	19	167.83 million	33.96 million	Not Optionable
MCF Contango Oil & Gas	205	201.34 million	146.98 million	Not Optionable
NOG Northern Oil and Gas	64	106.55 million	103.57 million	Optionable

MCF, BTEGF, NOG, and CRKR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG) To Go Ex-Dividend on September 29th

September 27 at 7:50 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. $NOG Stock Sold by Bank of America Corp DE

September 25 at 3:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE:NOG) Stock Rated "Hold" by Wall Street Brokerages

September 25 at 2:45 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE:NOG) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $31.00

September 25 at 2:43 AM | marketbeat.com

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September 22, 2026 | 247wallst.com

What is Zacks Research's Estimate for NOG Q3 Earnings?

September 20, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Zacks Research Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for NOG

September 19, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Northern Oil and Gas stock holds near 52-week high as dividend and analyst targets support valuation

September 18, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Q3 EPS Estimate for Northern Oil and Gas Raised by Analyst

September 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Engineers Gate Manager LP Makes New Investment in Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. $NOG

September 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

What is Zacks Research's Estimate for NOG FY2026 Earnings?

September 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northern Oil and Gas Drops 5.6% Amid Sector-Wide Selling

September 16, 2026 | news.alphastreet.comN

Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) Shares Down 5.2% - What's Next?

September 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Reduces Stock Position in Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. $NOG

September 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northern Oil and Gas: My Conviction Holds As Unit Economics Strengthen In Q2

September 10, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Invests $756,000 in Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. $NOG

September 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Invests $917,000 in Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. $NOG

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Buys New Shares in Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. $NOG

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Are Neutral on These Energy Stocks: USA Compression (USAC), Northern Oil And Gas (NOG)

September 2, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Makes New Investment in Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. $NOG

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE:NOG) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by Analysts

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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MCF, BTEGF, NOG, and CRKR Company Descriptions

Baytex Energy OTCMKTS:BTEGF

$4.53 -0.06 (-1.31%)

As of 09/25/2026

Baytex Energy Corp. operates as an oil & gas exploration and production company. It engages in the acquisition, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and in the Eagle Ford in the United States. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Prairie Operating OTCMKTS:CRKR

Prairie Operating Co. engages in developing energy to meet growing demand, while protecting the environment. The company was formerly known as Creek Road Miners, Inc. and changed its name to Prairie Operating Co. in May 2023. Prairie Operating Co. is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Contango Oil & Gas NYSEAMERICAN:MCF

$3.22 +0.11 (+3.54%)

As of 12/7/2021

Contango Oil & Gas Co. is an oil and natural gas company. The firm engages in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of crude oil and natural gas properties. Its operation focuses in Permian Basin, South Texas, Southeast Texas East Texas, Wyoming, and Gulf of Mexico. The company was founded by Kenneth R. Peak on August 7, 1986 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Northern Oil and Gas NYSE:NOG

$23.30 -0.30 (-1.26%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$23.66 +0.35 (+1.51%)

As of 09/25/2026 07:58 PM Eastern

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It primarily holds interests in the Williston Basin, the Appalachian Basin, and the Permian Basin in the United States. The company is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

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