Roth Capital Issues Pessimistic Forecast for PROP Earnings

Prairie Operating Co. (NASDAQ:PROP) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Prairie Operating in a research note issued to investors on Monday, November 17th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.45 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.68. The consensus estimate for Prairie Operating’s current full-year earnings is ($2.13) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Prairie Operating’s FY2026 earnings at $2.29 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on PROP. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Prairie Operating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Wall Street Zen raised Prairie Operating from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 16th. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on shares of Prairie Operating to $2.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $6.75.

Prairie Operating Price Performance

NASDAQ PROP opened at $1.72 on Thursday. Prairie Operating has a 1 year low of $1.64 and a 1 year high of $10.58. The business’s fifty day moving average is $1.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is $2.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $102.60 million, a P/E ratio of -0.53 and a beta of 2.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.11, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 0.83.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of PROP. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of Prairie Operating by 203.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,812 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 6,582 shares in the last quarter. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of Prairie Operating in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new position in Prairie Operating in the second quarter worth approximately $32,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Prairie Operating by 411.4% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 10,740 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 8,640 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SageView Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in Prairie Operating during the first quarter valued at approximately $59,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 34.28% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Prairie Operating

In other news, Director Jonathan H. Gray acquired 89,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $2.11 per share, for a total transaction of $187,790.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 675,817 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,425,973.87. The trade was a 15.17% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 15.44% of the company’s stock.

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.