Prairie Operating vs Vitesse Energy
PROP and VTS side by side, both in crude petroleum and natural gas. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PROP and VTS compare
Vitesse Energy is the larger company, worth 16 times as much as Prairie Operating ($641M against $41.3M).
Prairie Operating grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (283% versus 10.6% for Vitesse Energy).
Prairie Operating keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −13.0% compared with −15.4% at Vitesse Energy.
Vitesse Energy pays a dividend yielding 12.3%; Prairie Operating does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PROP | VTS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $41.3M | $641M |
| Share price | $0.366 | $15.23 |
| Change, 1 year | −80.3% | −28.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −88.9% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | – | 0.68 |
| Employees | 19 | 37 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 2.1× |
| P/B | 0.2× (better) | 1.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 1.6× (better) | 17.7× |
| Fair value | $2.20 | $19.32 |
| Margin of safety | 83.4% (better) | 21.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 283% (better) | 10.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 258% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −560% | −322% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −337% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 12.0% |
| Net margin | −13.0% (better) | −15.4% |
| Return on equity | −28.2% | −7.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 4.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 3.2× |
| Current ratio | 0.25 | 0.65 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.04 | 1.40 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 12.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Buyback yield | −1.2% | – |
| Shareholder yield | −1.2% | 12.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 17.3% | 66.2% |
| Held by insiders | 29.9% | 19.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.9M (better) | −$7.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.8% | 17.1% |
Go deeper
- PROP stock overview
- PROP income statement
- PROP valuation and score
- VTS stock overview
- VTS income statement
- VTS valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.