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Prairie Operating

PROP
45
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
45
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available
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Winston Score History

The full picture

Prairie Operating Co. is a small oil and natural gas company that drills for and produces energy resources in the United States. It focuses on the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin in Colorado, selling crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids to energy buyers and commodity markets. The company has grown partly through acquisitions of existing producing assets in the region.

Prairie Operating makes money by selling the oil and gas it pulls out of the ground, with revenue tied directly to commodity prices. It is a micro-cap company with a market value around $100 million, competing against much larger producers in the DJ Basin such as Civitas Resources and Chord Energy. Its relatively thin asset base and small size mean it has limited pricing power and less financial cushion if oil or gas prices drop sharply — commodity price swings remain the single biggest risk to its business.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+45.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+74.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~0 months

$21,000 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Prairie Operating is growing revenue at 45% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
66.2%
Premium pricing power — 66.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
46.1%
Excellent — 46.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
17.0%
Strong — 17.0% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+282.7%
Fast-growing sales (+282.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-10.2%
Burning cash (-10.2%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.16
Heavy debt load (2.16)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.31x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.3x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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