SND vs. IPI, PLL, ATLX, LGO, ABAT, FEAM, SOI, SLCA, MLM, and VMC
Should you be buying Smart Sand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart Sand include Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Largo (LGO), American Battery Technology (ABAT), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), and Vulcan Materials (VMC).
Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) and Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Smart Sand received 133 more outperform votes than Intrepid Potash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Smart Sand an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
35.2% of Smart Sand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Smart Sand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Smart Sand had 2 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Smart Sand and 2 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Smart Sand's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.03 indicating that Smart Sand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash 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 presently has a consensus price target of $2.88, suggesting a potential upside of 27.78%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.28%. Given Smart Sand's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smart Sand is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
Smart Sand has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -15.95%. Smart Sand's return on equity of 3.31% beat Intrepid Potash's return on equity.
Smart Sand has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Smart Sand beats Intrepid Potash on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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