Comparing Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) & Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL)

Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) and Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Prairie Operating and Delek Logistics Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prairie Operating	$343.01 million	0.12	$32.05 million	($2.05)	-0.18
Delek Logistics Partners	$1.20 billion	2.62	$176.46 million	$2.87	19.11

Delek Logistics Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Operating. Prairie Operating is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek Logistics Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Prairie Operating and Delek Logistics Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prairie Operating	-13.02%	46.53%	5.51%
Delek Logistics Partners	12.85%	-935.80%	5.45%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Prairie Operating and Delek Logistics Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prairie Operating	2	1	1	0	1.75
Delek Logistics Partners	0	6	1	0	2.14

Prairie Operating currently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 565.07%. Delek Logistics Partners has a consensus target price of $55.60, suggesting a potential upside of 1.36%. Given Prairie Operating’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Prairie Operating is more favorable than Delek Logistics Partners.

Summary

Delek Logistics Partners beats Prairie Operating on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Prairie Operating

Prairie Operating Co., an independent energy company, engages in the development, exploration, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. The company holds assets in the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado; and the Niobrara and Codell formations. Prairie Operating Co. is based in Houston Texas.

About Delek Logistics Partners

Delek Logistics Partners, LP provides gathering, pipeline, transportation, and other services for crude oil, intermediates, refined products, natural gas, storage, wholesale marketing, terminalling water disposal and recycling customers in the United States. The Gathering and Processing segment consists of pipelines, tanks, and offloading facilities that provide crude oil and natural gas gathering and processing, water disposal and recycling, and storage services, as well as crude oil transportation services to third parties. The Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling segment includes refined products terminals and pipelines in Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas. This segment provides marketing services for the refined products and terminalling services at refined products terminals to independent third parties. The Storage and Transportation segment comprises tanks, offloading facilities, trucks, and ancillary assets, which provide crude oil, intermediate, and refined products transportation and storage services. Delek Logistics GP, LLC serves as the general partner of the company. Delek Logistics Partners, LP was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Delek Logistics Partners, LP operates as a subsidiary of Delek US Holdings, Inc.