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SND vs. LAR, LAAC, ASM, EU, DC, LZM, WRN, NMG, THM, and CRML

Should you be buying Smart Sand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart Sand include Lithium Argentina (LAR), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), enCore Energy (EU), Dakota Gold (DC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Western Copper & Gold (WRN), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), International Tower Hill Mines (THM), and Critical Metals (CRML). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Smart Sand vs.

Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Smart Sand received 435 more outperform votes than Lithium Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Lithium Argentina an outperform vote while only 63.06% of users gave Smart Sand an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lithium ArgentinaOutperform Votes
2
66.67%
Underperform Votes
1
33.33%
Smart SandOutperform Votes
437
63.06%
Underperform Votes
256
36.94%

In the previous week, Lithium Argentina had 16 more articles in the media than Smart Sand. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lithium Argentina and 0 mentions for Smart Sand. Smart Sand's average media sentiment score of -0.02 beat Lithium Argentina's score of -0.11 indicating that Smart Sand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lithium Argentina Neutral
Smart Sand Neutral

Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Sand has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of Smart Sand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Lithium Argentina has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smart Sand. Lithium Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Sand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lithium ArgentinaN/AN/A$1.29B-$0.07-25.93
Smart Sand$293.88M0.28$4.65M-$0.54-3.41

Lithium Argentina presently has a consensus target price of $3.25, indicating a potential upside of 79.06%. Smart Sand has a consensus target price of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.28%. Given Lithium Argentina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than Smart Sand.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lithium Argentina
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Smart Sand
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Lithium Argentina has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Smart Sand's net margin of -1.96%. Lithium Argentina's return on equity of -1.37% beat Smart Sand's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lithium ArgentinaN/A -1.37% -1.08%
Smart Sand -1.96%-1.74%-1.23%

Summary

Lithium Argentina beats Smart Sand on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SND vs. The Competition

MetricSmart SandMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$79.79M$5.94B$7.27B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A0.88%11.01%4.11%
P/E Ratio-13.1431.2154.5119.70
Price / Sales0.2817.2425,483.81121.79
Price / Cash2.8515.7935.5034.62
Price / Book0.312.793.544.50
Net Income$4.65M$289.19M$4.30B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-3.16%-1.34%-1.02%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-9.80%5.30%5.87%11.52%
1 Year Performance-13.21%-4.29%178.74%8.99%

Smart Sand Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SND
Smart Sand
1.8803 of 5 stars
$1.84
+1.7%
$2.25
+22.3%
-19.3%$79.79M$293.88M-13.14330Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
LAR
Lithium Argentina
2.7899 of 5 stars
$2.14
+0.5%
$3.50
+63.6%
N/A$346.47MN/A0.27850Analyst Forecast
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
3.4397 of 5 stars
$2.13
+0.9%
$7.42
+248.2%
-62.5%$344.92MN/A0.27850News Coverage
Positive News
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.0939 of 5 stars
$2.40
-7.3%
$2.07
-13.9%
+195.0%$339.98M$66.18M120.0634Trending News
High Trading Volume
EU
enCore Energy
3.2571 of 5 stars
$1.76
+3.5%
$4.38
+148.6%
-66.2%$328.57M$58.33M-6.29N/APositive News
DC
Dakota Gold
1.1776 of 5 stars
$2.88
-6.5%
$7.50
+160.4%
-5.2%$286.49MN/A-7.0220
LZM
Lifezone Metals
N/A$3.61
+6.8%
$14.00
+287.8%
-58.3%$282.56M$140,522.000.0084Gap Up
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.0923 of 5 stars
$1.11
-4.3%
$4.25
+282.9%
N/A$222MN/A-55.508
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
2.7132 of 5 stars
$1.90
+5.6%
$2.58
+35.5%
-25.1%$213.90MN/A-2.97122News Coverage
Analyst Revision
THM
International Tower Hill Mines
N/A$0.79
-6.9%
N/AN/A$163.90MN/A-39.423High Trading Volume
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$1.57
-8.7%
N/A-86.0%$154.81MN/A0.004High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:SND) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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