Smart Sand (SND) Competitors

Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CRML or SND?

Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than Critical Metals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	-$147.49M	N/A	N/A
Smart Sand	$295.97M	0.33	$4.65M	-$0.14	-16.07

Does the media refer more to CRML or SND?

In the previous week, Smart Sand had 1 more articles in the media than Critical Metals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Smart Sand and 0 mentions for Critical Metals. Smart Sand's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Smart Sand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Critical Metals	Neutral
Smart Sand	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRML or SND?

Smart Sand received 436 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A
Smart Sand	Outperform Votes 436 63.19%	Underperform Votes 254 36.81%

Is CRML or SND more profitable?

Critical Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Smart Sand's net margin of -1.96%. Critical Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Smart Sand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smart Sand	-1.96%	-1.74%	-1.23%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CRML or SND?

86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Smart Sand shares are held by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Smart Sand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CRML or SND?

Smart Sand has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 16.67%. Given Smart Sand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smart Sand is more favorable than Critical Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Critical Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Smart Sand	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, CRML or SND?

Critical Metals has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Sand has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Smart Sand beats Critical Metals on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.