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 $45.9M against $21.5M — 2.1× 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 −0.81%) 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 7.36 n/m 9.67
P/S 30.94 0.13 1.76
P/B 0.99 0.19 1.19
Price to free cash flow 2.59 n/m 8.37
EV/EBITDA 1.18 2.59 4.59
EV/Sales 5.64 1.40 2.27
Earnings yield 13.59% (185.00%) 7.55%
Free cash flow yield 38.55% (92.87%) 3.98%

Profitability

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 95.43% 100.00% 79.54%
Operating margin 478.47% 33.92% 24.01%
Net margin 419.79% (0.81%) 14.11%
Free cash flow margin (14.22%) (11.63%) 7.72%
Return on equity 14.43% (1.74%) 8.99%
Return on assets 14.28% (0.30%) 4.63%
Return on invested capital 50.86% 10.31% 6.33%

Growth

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (17.06%) 311.16% 13.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,125.00% 49.06% (10.17%)
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 0.29
Current ratio 124.60 0.25 0.92
Net debt to EBITDA (4.94) 3.13 0.93

Dividend

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield — — 3.76%
Payout ratio — — 0.33

Size

Metric CKX PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 21.46m 45.90m 953.29m

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