Company Analysis

Prairie Operating Co. (PROP)

Nasdaq: PROP · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2001
Grade4.4
◀ Past 1.6● Present 3.9▶ Future 9.4

The grade of Prairie Operating Co.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.4/10
◀ Past1.640% of the headline
● Present3.935% of the headline
▶ Future9.425% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

8 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-07-09.

weight 45% of this tense · 7th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Prairie Operating Co.'s filings since 2017 show 8 warning events of 4 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2022-09-19); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-07-09); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-09-22); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2017-08-15) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+50.4% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 1 of 8.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Prairie Operating Co.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $14 million in fiscal 2018 to $242 million in fiscal 2025, up 50.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 97% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 1 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span50.4%top 3% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 32% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 9% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak97.3%bottom 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
0.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 57.2% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 8th percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Prairie Operating Co.'s diluted share count grew about 57.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06, buying about $92 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 25%: 25¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Prairie Operating Co. earned about 25 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 86 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 192.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 7% of its family
  • return on equitytop 5% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 76 in its family; net margin 13.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Prairie Operating Co.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $242 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 29% by size; a net margin of 13.3% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 405.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 2% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$242Mbottom 29% of its family
  • net margin13.3%top 37% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth405.6%top 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 12% of 51 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Prairie Operating Co.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Patton, Gregory Scott (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-06-25, 5 months (bottom 7% of its family); most of the 12 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2023-05-03), a floor of 3.5 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5 monthsbottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

9.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 20% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Prairie Operating Co.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $20 thousand against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0% of its assets as net cash, top 34% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 63.7% of revenue (top 10%); research spending of 63.3% of revenue (top 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.0%top 34% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue63.7%top 10% of its family
  • research spending against revenue63.3%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
9.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 3% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 97th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Prairie Operating Co.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 405.6% a year over the last three filed years against 50.4% over all 7, speeding up (top 1% of its family); the newest year grew 2950.9% (top 1%); research spending grew 108.3% a year (top 5%); capital spending grew 100.8% a year (top 4%) (its annual reports). Prairie Operating Co. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Crude Oil Sales at $204 million (84%), NGL Sales at $28 million (12%), Natural Gas Sales at $9 million (4%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+355.2 points a yeartop 1% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2950.9%top 1% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending108.3%top 5% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending100.8%top 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
9.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 2% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 98th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Prairie Operating Co.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $242 million in fiscal 2025 came in 995.4% above the $22 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 1% of its family); net income of $32 million against a prior three-year average of $24 million (top 5%); a net margin of 13.3% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 1%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace995.4%top 1% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+234%top 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PROP · research, not advice