PrimeEnergy Corporation (PNRG) vs W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI)

PrimeEnergy Corporation and W&T Offshore, Inc. are both Oil & Gas E&P companies. W&T Offshore, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $483.3M against $286.2M — 1.7× the size. W&T Offshore, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; PrimeEnergy Corporation trades at 12.1×. W&T Offshore, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.3% against −19.4%. PrimeEnergy Corporation has the higher net margin (13.9% vs −8.44%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.18% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, PrimeEnergy Corporation leads on 14 and W&T Offshore, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric PNRG WTI Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E 12.14 n/m 9.67
P/S 1.66 0.79 1.76
P/B 1.36 n/m 1.19
Price to free cash flow 5.96 7.70 8.37
EV/EBITDA 2.93 3.59 4.59
EV/Sales 1.58 1.05 2.27
Earnings yield 8.23% (10.90%) 7.55%
Free cash flow yield 16.79% 12.99% 3.98%

Profitability

Metric PNRG WTI Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 68.29% 46.40% 79.54%
Operating margin 15.75% 4.99% 24.01%
Net margin 13.87% (8.44%) 14.11%
Free cash flow margin 27.95% 10.23% 7.72%
Return on equity 11.72% 28.00% 8.99%
Return on assets 7.54% (5.20%) 4.63%
Return on invested capital 9.18% 0.00% 6.33%

Growth

Metric PNRG WTI Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (19.43%) 20.26% 13.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.52%) (71.19%) (10.17%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 26.47% 7.66% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PNRG WTI Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 0.01 (1.85) 0.29
Current ratio 1.49 1.31 0.92
Net debt to EBITDA (0.07) 2.09 0.93

Dividend

Metric PNRG WTI Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield — 1.28% 3.76%
Payout ratio — — 0.33

Size

Metric PNRG WTI Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 286.20m 483.27m 953.29m

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