SND vs. LGO, BATL, NEOV, KLXE, CRT, PED, TYGO, FTK, VIA, and GIFI
Should you be buying Smart Sand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart Sand include Largo (LGO), Battalion Oil (BATL), NeoVolta (NEOV), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT), PEDEVCO (PED), Tigo Energy (TYGO), Flotek Industries (FTK), Via Renewables (VIA), and Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) and Largo (NYSE:LGO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Smart Sand has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Largo has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Smart Sand received 414 more outperform votes than Largo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Smart Sand an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Largo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Smart Sand had 4 more articles in the media than Largo. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Smart Sand and 7 mentions for Largo. Smart Sand's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Largo's score of 0.16 indicating that Smart Sand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Largo shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Smart Sand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Largo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smart Sand currently has a consensus target price of $2.88, indicating a potential upside of 30.09%. Largo has a consensus target price of $4.80, indicating a potential upside of 196.30%. Given Largo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Largo is more favorable than Smart Sand.
Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than Largo. Largo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Sand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smart Sand has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Largo's net margin of -24.05%. Smart Sand's return on equity of 3.31% beat Largo's return on equity.
Summary
Smart Sand beats Largo on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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