Head to Head Survey: Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) vs. Delek US (NYSE:DK)

Delek US (NYSE:DK) and Prairie Operating (NASDAQ:PROP) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Delek US and Prairie Operating, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Delek US	0	7	5	1	2.54
Prairie Operating	2	1	1	0	1.75

Delek US currently has a consensus price target of $65.45, indicating a potential downside of 11.92%. Prairie Operating has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 507.24%. Given Prairie Operating’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prairie Operating is more favorable than Delek US.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Delek US and Prairie Operating”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Delek US	$10.72 billion	0.42	-$22.80 million	$3.56	20.87
Prairie Operating	$241.65 million	0.19	$32.05 million	($2.05)	-0.20

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Delek US shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Prairie Operating shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Delek US has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Operating has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Delek US	1.86%	109.03%	6.44%
Prairie Operating	-13.02%	46.53%	5.51%

Summary

Delek US beats Prairie Operating on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Delek US

Delek US Holdings, Inc. engages in the integrated downstream energy business in the United States. The company operates through Refining, Logistics, and Retail segments. The Refining segment processes crude oil and other feedstock for the manufacture of various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, asphalt, and other petroleum-based products that are distributed through owned and third-party product terminal. It owns and operates refineries located in Tyler, Texas; El Dorado, Arkansas; Big Spring, Texas; and Krotz Springs, Louisiana, as well as biodiesel facilities in Crossett, Arkansas, Cleburne, Texas, and New Albany, Mississippi. The Logistics segment gathers, transports, and stores crude oil, intermediate, and refined products; and markets, distributes, transports, and stores refined products, as well as disposes and recycles water for third parties. It owns or leases crude oil transportation pipelines, refined product pipelines, crude oil gathering systems, and associated crude oil storage tanks; and owns and operates light product distribution terminals, as well as markets light products using third-party terminals. The Retail segment owns and leases convenience store sites located primarily in West Texas and New Mexico. Its convenience stores offer various grades of gasoline and diesel under the DK or Alon brand; and food products and service, tobacco products, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise, as well as money orders to the public primarily under the 7-Eleven and DK or Alon brand names. It serves oil companies, independent refiners and marketers, jobbers, distributors, utility and transportation companies, government, and independent retail fuel operators. Delek US Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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.