PrimeEnergy (PNRG) & Its Rivals Head-To-Head Survey

PrimeEnergy (NASDAQ:PNRG) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare PrimeEnergy to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for PrimeEnergy and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PrimeEnergy	0	2	0	0	2.00
PrimeEnergy Competitors	5982	26994	40850	2423	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.95%. Given PrimeEnergy’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PrimeEnergy has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares PrimeEnergy and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PrimeEnergy	$189.05 million	$26.31 million	17.88
PrimeEnergy Competitors	$11.66 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.08

PrimeEnergy’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than PrimeEnergy. PrimeEnergy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares PrimeEnergy and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PrimeEnergy	13.87%	11.47%	7.67%
PrimeEnergy Competitors	-455.90%	20.13%	6.34%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of PrimeEnergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

PrimeEnergy has a beta of -0.28, indicating that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PrimeEnergy’s rivals have a beta of -3.75, indicating that their average share price is 475% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PrimeEnergy rivals beat PrimeEnergy on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

PrimeEnergy Company Profile

PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company owns leasehold, mineral, and royalty interests in producing and non-producing oil and gas properties; and operates approximately 534 active wells and owns non-operating interests and royalties in 952 additional wells. It also acquires producing oil and gas properties through joint ventures with industry partners; and provides contract services to third parties, including well-servicing support, site-preparation, and construction services for oil and gas drilling and reworking operations. The company was formerly known as PrimeEnergy Corporation and changed its name to PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation in December 2018. PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.