Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR) vs Prairie Operating Co. (PROP)

Mesa Royalty Trust 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 $3.7M — 12.5× the size. Prairie Operating Co. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mesa Royalty Trust trades at 9.8×. Prairie Operating Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 311.2% against −3.01%. Mesa Royalty Trust has the higher net margin (76.6% vs −0.81%) and the higher return on invested capital (20.9% vs 10.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, Mesa Royalty Trust leads on 11 and Prairie Operating Co. on 8.

Valuation

Metric MTR PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E 9.82 n/m 9.65
P/S 7.55 0.12 1.73
P/B 1.14 0.18 1.23
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 9.34
EV/EBITDA 3.49 2.58 4.58
EV/Sales 3.21 1.40 2.27
Earnings yield 10.19% (194.74%) 7.67%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% (97.76%) 4.40%

Profitability

Metric MTR PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 80.16%
Operating margin 92.05% 33.92% 24.33%
Net margin 76.63% (0.81%) 14.15%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (11.63%) 10.07%
Return on equity 11.61% (1.74%) 9.41%
Return on assets 11.09% (0.30%) 5.35%
Return on invested capital 20.94% 10.31% 6.33%

Growth

Metric MTR PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.01%) 311.16% 13.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (8.00%) 49.06% (10.17%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (6.29%) 257.76% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (2.02%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MTR PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.64 0.29
Current ratio 17.12 0.25 0.90
Net debt to EBITDA (3.50) 3.13 0.93

Dividend

Metric MTR PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield 6.23% — 3.80%
Payout ratio 0.61 — 0.33

Size

Metric MTR PROP Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 3.68m 45.90m 895.85m

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