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PNRG vs. ACDC, VTS, PDS, DEC, VTLE, GRNT, TXO, NESR, REPX, and PUMP

Should you be buying PrimeEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PrimeEnergy include ProFrac (ACDC), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Precision Drilling (PDS), Diversified Energy (DEC), Vital Energy (VTLE), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), TXO Partners (TXO), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), and ProPetro (PUMP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

PrimeEnergy vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, ProFrac had 14 more articles in the media than PrimeEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for ProFrac and 3 mentions for PrimeEnergy. PrimeEnergy's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat ProFrac's score of -0.17 indicating that PrimeEnergy 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)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PrimeEnergy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

12.8% of ProFrac shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of ProFrac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 62.8% of PrimeEnergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PrimeEnergy has a net margin of 21.73% compared to ProFrac's net margin of -12.89%. PrimeEnergy's return on equity of 26.67% beat ProFrac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ProFrac-12.89% -22.78% -8.09%
PrimeEnergy 21.73%26.67%15.84%

ProFrac presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 82.33%. Given ProFrac's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ProFrac is more favorable than PrimeEnergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ProFrac
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
PrimeEnergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

PrimeEnergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProFrac. ProFrac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrimeEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ProFrac$2.13B0.27-$215.10M-$1.74-2.05
PrimeEnergy$237.80M1.18$55.40M$21.317.95

ProFrac has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PrimeEnergy has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PrimeEnergy beats ProFrac on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PNRG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PNRG vs. The Competition

MetricPrimeEnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$280.52M$7.66B$7.72B$9.82B
Dividend YieldN/A5.36%10.96%4.12%
P/E Ratio7.937.3374.7525.55
Price / Sales1.189.7924,073.12105.31
Price / Cash2.3014.3135.8658.93
Price / Book1.431.594.115.97
Net Income$55.40M$568.61M$4.25B$264.84M
7 Day Performance1.54%0.60%-0.24%2.27%
1 Month Performance4.30%-4.47%-0.39%1.16%
1 Year Performance41.75%-10.73%8.66%28.37%

PrimeEnergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNRG
PrimeEnergy
1.1161 of 5 stars
$169.00
-8.0%
N/A+68.4%$281.47M$237.80M7.96110News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ACDC
ProFrac
1.6543 of 5 stars
$6.58
+1.1%
$6.50
-1.2%
-42.5%$1.04B$2.21B-4.423,077News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
VTS
Vitesse Energy
2.5808 of 5 stars
$23.38
+1.0%
$26.50
+13.3%
+4.8%$893.53M$246.98M29.6036Positive News
PDS
Precision Drilling
4.0589 of 5 stars
$53.41
-1.4%
$86.00
+61.0%
-20.4%$719.99M$1.39B11.245,504Analyst Forecast
DEC
Diversified Energy
3.5168 of 5 stars
$14.45
+1.1%
$20.75
+43.6%
+8.5%$689.60M$794.84M0.001,589News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
VTLE
Vital Energy
2.4725 of 5 stars
$16.61
-1.8%
$28.30
+70.4%
-58.7%$655.57M$1.98B-4.91290Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GRNT
Granite Ridge Resources
4.4897 of 5 stars
$4.80
-1.7%
$7.50
+56.4%
-16.4%$639.94M$413.97M53.281Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
TXO
TXO Partners
4.5356 of 5 stars
$14.90
-0.5%
$22.00
+47.7%
-28.4%$619.27M$282.81M35.47170Analyst Forecast
NESR
National Energy Services Reunited
4.0663 of 5 stars
$6.37
-0.5%
$14.20
+122.9%
-18.9%$617.30M$1.30B7.866,554Positive News
REPX
Riley Exploration Permian
4.2544 of 5 stars
$25.47
+0.3%
$47.00
+84.5%
+4.1%$560.93M$412.89M4.5250News Coverage
Insider Trade
PUMP
ProPetro
3.4174 of 5 stars
$4.91
-3.2%
$9.00
+83.3%
-40.7%$527.11M$1.44B-3.341,900Analyst Forecast

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