Head-To-Head Survey: ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) vs. Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI)

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

ProPetro has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.21%. Given ProPetro’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ProPetro is more favorable than Glori Energy.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ProPetro	$1.44 billion	0.66	-$137.86 million	($0.17)	-53.59

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Summary

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

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.

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.