CKX Lands, Inc. (CKX) vs Prairie Operating Co. (PROP)

CKX Lands, 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 $22.6M — 1.8× the size. Prairie Operating Co. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; CKX Lands, Inc. trades at 7.4×. Prairie Operating Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 311.2% against −17.1%. CKX Lands, Inc. has the higher net margin (419.8% vs 1.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (50.9% vs 10.3%). Across the 20 metrics below, CKX Lands, Inc. leads on 13 and Prairie Operating Co. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E 7.37 n/m 11.01
P/S 31.00 0.11 1.98
P/B 0.99 0.16 1.30
Price to free cash flow 2.60 n/m 10.68
EV/EBITDA 1.19 2.55 5.09
EV/Sales 5.70 1.38 2.63
Earnings yield 13.56% (371.32%) 5.78%
Free cash flow yield 38.47% (109.26%) 4.91%

Profitability

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 95.43% 100.00% 80.41%
Operating margin 478.47% 33.92% 21.39%
Net margin 419.79% 1.01% 14.17%
Free cash flow margin (14.22%) (11.63%) 8.18%
Return on equity 14.43% 2.18% 10.05%
Return on assets 14.28% 0.37% 5.81%
Return on invested capital 50.86% 10.31% 6.32%

Growth

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (17.06%) 311.16% 9.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,125.00% 49.06% (10.50%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.53% 257.76% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 54.73% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.64 0.28
Current ratio 124.60 0.25 0.96
Net debt to EBITDA (4.94) 3.13 0.89

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 22.58m 40.49m 1.04b

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