ProFrac (ACDC) Competitors

ProFrac (NASDAQ:ACDC) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACDC or BSM?

Black Stone Minerals received 292 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.29% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote while only 27.59% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ProFrac	Outperform Votes 8 27.59%	Underperform Votes 21 72.41%
Black Stone Minerals	Outperform Votes 300 59.29%	Underperform Votes 206 40.71%

Do analysts rate ACDC or BSM?

ProFrac currently has a consensus price target of $6.90, indicating a potential upside of 10.35%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.69%. Given ProFrac's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ProFrac is more favorable than Black Stone Minerals.

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
Black Stone Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ACDC or BSM?

12.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ACDC or BSM?

Black Stone Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProFrac. ProFrac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Stone Minerals, 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	$2.21B	0.45	-$97.70M	-$1.49	-4.20
Black Stone Minerals	$437.90M	6.57	$422.55M	$0.92	14.82

Is ACDC or BSM more profitable?

Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 67.54% compared to ProFrac's net margin of -9.51%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 41.49% beat ProFrac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProFrac	-9.51%	-3.54%	-1.41%
Black Stone Minerals	67.54%	41.49%	29.65%

Does the media prefer ACDC or BSM?

In the previous week, ProFrac had 5 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ProFrac and 4 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. ProFrac's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.71 indicating that ProFrac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ProFrac	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Black Stone Minerals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, ACDC or BSM?

ProFrac has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats ProFrac on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.