Prairie Operating (PROP) Competitors

North American Construction Group (NYSE:NOA) and Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NOA or PROP?

75.0% of North American Construction Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of North American Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Prairie Operating shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NOA or PROP more profitable?

North American Construction Group has a net margin of 2.82% compared to Prairie Operating's net margin of 0.00%. Prairie Operating's return on equity of 21.04% beat North American Construction Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North American Construction Group	2.82%	17.15%	4.16%
Prairie Operating	N/A	21.04%	2.69%

Do analysts rate NOA or PROP?

Prairie Operating has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 300.94%. Given Prairie Operating's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prairie Operating is more favorable than North American Construction Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North American Construction Group	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Prairie Operating	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more volatility and risk, NOA or PROP?

North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NOA or PROP?

North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Operating. Prairie Operating is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, 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
North American Construction Group	$850.88M	0.48	$32.17M	$0.87	15.72
Prairie Operating	$7.94M	13.42	-$40.91M	-$3.00	-0.71

Does the media prefer NOA or PROP?

In the previous week, Prairie Operating had 1 more articles in the media than North American Construction Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Prairie Operating and 5 mentions for North American Construction Group. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Prairie Operating's score of 1.52 indicating that North American Construction Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
North American Construction Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Prairie Operating	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

North American Construction Group and Prairie Operating tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.