ProFrac (ACDC) Competitors

ProFrac (NASDAQ:ACDC) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is ACDC or CHRD more profitable?

Chord Energy has a net margin of 16.15% compared to ProFrac's net margin of -10.72%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 10.34% beat ProFrac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProFrac	-10.72%	-11.85%	-4.34%
Chord Energy	16.15%	10.34%	6.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, ACDC or CHRD?

ProFrac has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ACDC or CHRD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than ProFrac. ProFrac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord 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
ProFrac	$2.19B	0.70	-$215.10M	-$1.49	-6.46
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.15	$848.63M	$14.95	7.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACDC or CHRD?

Chord Energy received 57 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.75% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ProFrac	Outperform Votes 8 26.67%	Underperform Votes 22 73.33%
Chord Energy	Outperform Votes 65 60.75%	Underperform Votes 42 39.25%

Do analysts rate ACDC or CHRD?

ProFrac presently has a consensus target price of $6.90, indicating a potential downside of 28.27%. Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $152.54, indicating a potential upside of 45.84%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than ProFrac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ProFrac	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Does the media prefer ACDC or CHRD?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 3 more articles in the media than ProFrac. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Chord Energy and 6 mentions for ProFrac. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat ProFrac's score of 0.34 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ProFrac	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chord Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ACDC or CHRD?

12.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chord Energy beats ProFrac on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.