ProFrac (ACDC) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	0.44	-$97.70M	-$1.49	-4.06
Black Stone Minerals	$437.90M	6.65	$422.55M	$0.92	15.00

Which has more volatility and risk, ACDC or BSM?

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

Do analysts recommend ACDC or BSM?

ProFrac currently has a consensus target price of $7.20, indicating a potential upside of 19.01%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.45%. Given ProFrac's higher probable upside, research 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 hold more shares of 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. 2.9% of ProFrac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACDC or BSM?

Black Stone Minerals received 292 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.41% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ProFrac	Outperform Votes 8 28.57%	Underperform Votes 20 71.43%
Black Stone Minerals	Outperform Votes 300 59.41%	Underperform Votes 205 40.59%

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 favor ACDC or BSM?

In the previous week, Black Stone Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than ProFrac. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Black Stone Minerals and 9 mentions for ProFrac. ProFrac's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.68 indicating that ProFrac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ProFrac	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Black Stone Minerals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats ProFrac on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.