Critical Contrast: ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) and Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI)

ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) and Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ProPetro and Glori Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ProPetro	$1.44 billion	0.68	-$137.86 million	($0.17)	-55.38
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Glori Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProPetro.

Profitability

This table compares ProPetro and Glori Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProPetro	-1.31%	-0.06%	-0.04%
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for ProPetro and Glori Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ProPetro	1	4	4	0	2.33
Glori Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

ProPetro presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.77%. Given ProPetro’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ProPetro is more favorable than Glori Energy.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.7% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of ProPetro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of Glori Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ProPetro beats Glori Energy on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ProPetro

ProPetro Holding Corp. operates as an integrated oilfield services company. The company provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and other complementary oilfield completion services to upstream oil and gas companies in the Permian Basin. ProPetro Holding Corp. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

About Glori Energy

Glori Energy Inc., an energy technology and oil production company, provides services to third party exploration and production companies in North America and Brazil. It operates through Oil and Gas, and AERO Services segments. The Oil and Gas segment produces and develops oil and natural gas interests. The AERO Services segment offers biotechnology solutions of enhanced oil recovery through a two-step process, including analysis phase, reservoir screening process that obtains field samples and evaluates potential of AERO system; and field deployment phase that deploys skid mounted injection equipment. Glori Energy Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.