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

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

PrimeEnergy vs. Its Competitors

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

PrimeEnergy has a net margin of 21.73% compared to Expro Group's net margin of 3.98%. PrimeEnergy's return on equity of 26.67% beat Expro Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PrimeEnergy21.73% 26.67% 15.84%
Expro Group 3.98%6.89%4.40%

PrimeEnergy has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expro Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Expro Group has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.19%. Given Expro Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Expro Group is more favorable than PrimeEnergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PrimeEnergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Expro Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

92.1% of Expro Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.8% of PrimeEnergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Expro Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PrimeEnergy$237.80M1.06$55.40M$21.317.15
Expro Group$1.72B0.60$51.92M$0.5815.53

In the previous week, Expro Group had 3 more articles in the media than PrimeEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Expro Group and 4 mentions for PrimeEnergy. Expro Group's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat PrimeEnergy's score of 0.00 indicating that Expro Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PrimeEnergy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Expro Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Expro Group beats PrimeEnergy on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$252.98M$7.92B$7.58B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A5.29%10.92%4.10%
P/E Ratio7.1510.7356.9820.29
Price / Sales1.0611.5121,956.09112.84
Price / Cash1.9715.7036.2057.47
Price / Book1.291.763.325.68
Net Income$55.40M$568.61M$4.20B$249.04M
7 Day Performance0.46%0.10%1.76%3.30%
1 Month Performance-9.62%3.54%5.56%5.20%
1 Year Performance41.49%-8.17%104.12%21.37%

PrimeEnergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNRG
PrimeEnergy
0.4693 of 5 stars
$152.40
+0.4%
N/A+41.5%$252.98M$237.80M7.15110
XPRO
Expro Group
4.4235 of 5 stars
$8.64
+2.2%
$12.00
+38.9%
-60.1%$975.05M$1.71B14.908,500News Coverage
VTS
Vitesse Energy
2.3686 of 5 stars
$22.09
-1.8%
$26.50
+20.0%
-5.8%$868.42M$242M27.9636
GRNT
Granite Ridge Resources
3.44 of 5 stars
$6.37
-2.3%
$7.50
+17.7%
-4.8%$855M$380.03M70.791High Trading Volume
DEC
Diversified Energy
3.6852 of 5 stars
$14.67
-1.9%
$20.75
+41.4%
+3.1%$721.43M$794.84M0.001,589
VTLE
Vital Energy
2.2804 of 5 stars
$16.06
-3.0%
$30.09
+87.4%
-63.0%$642M$1.95B-4.75290Analyst Revision
PDS
Precision Drilling
3.2759 of 5 stars
$47.37
+0.4%
$112.00
+136.4%
-28.1%$629.69M$1.39B9.425,504News Coverage
Analyst Revision
TXO
TXO Partners
4.0782 of 5 stars
$15.04
-1.2%
$20.00
+33.0%
-26.9%$629.61M$282.81M35.81170Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PUMP
ProPetro
2.9294 of 5 stars
$5.98
+0.2%
$9.75
+63.0%
-27.0%$620.34M$1.44B-4.181,900News Coverage
Analyst Revision
REPX
Riley Exploration Permian
4.3168 of 5 stars
$26.23
-1.9%
$47.00
+79.2%
-5.6%$577.66M$412.89M4.6550
NESR
National Energy Services Reunited
4.0168 of 5 stars
$6.02
+2.0%
$15.00
+149.2%
-30.6%$569.07M$1.30B7.436,554News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PNRG) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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