Barnwell Industries, Inc. (BRN) vs Prairie Operating Co. (PROP)

Barnwell Industries, Inc. and Prairie Operating Co. are both Oil & Gas E&P companies. Prairie Operating Co. is the larger, with a market value of $40.5M against $13.0M — 3.1× the size. Prairie Operating Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 311.2% against −13.2%. Prairie Operating Co. has the higher net margin (1.01% vs −46.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.3% vs −74.5%). Across the 18 metrics below, Prairie Operating Co. leads on 12 and Barnwell Industries, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BRN PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E n/m n/m 11.01
P/S 1.13 0.11 1.98
P/B 1.47 0.16 1.30
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 10.68
EV/EBITDA n/m 2.55 5.09
EV/Sales 1.04 1.38 2.63
Earnings yield (53.26%) (371.32%) 5.78%
Free cash flow yield (12.59%) (109.26%) 4.91%

Profitability

Metric BRN PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 28.37% 100.00% 80.41%
Operating margin (45.66%) 33.92% 21.39%
Net margin (46.69%) 1.01% 14.17%
Free cash flow margin (14.22%) (11.63%) 8.18%
Return on equity (62.16%) 2.18% 10.05%
Return on assets (24.07%) 0.37% 5.81%
Return on invested capital (74.45%) 10.31% 6.32%

Growth

Metric BRN PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (13.17%) 311.16% 9.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.79%) 49.06% (10.50%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (5.68%) 257.76% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BRN PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.64 0.28
Current ratio 1.90 0.25 0.96
Net debt to EBITDA 2.06 3.13 0.89

Dividend

Metric BRN PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield — — 3.29%
Payout ratio — — 0.35

Size

Metric BRN PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 12.99m 40.49m 1.04b

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