SND vs. LGO, CRT, BATL, NINE, PED, VIA, SLNG, PFIE, AE, and SOL
Should you be buying Smart Sand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart Sand include Largo (LGO), Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT), Battalion Oil (BATL), Nine Energy Service (NINE), PEDEVCO (PED), Via Renewables (VIA), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Profire Energy (PFIE), Adams Resources & Energy (AE), and Emeren Group (SOL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Largo (NYSE:LGO) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
64.1% of Largo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Largo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Smart Sand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Largo has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Sand has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Largo and Largo both had 1 articles in the media. Largo's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Smart Sand's score of -0.20 indicating that Smart Sand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Largo presently has a consensus target price of $4.60, indicating a potential upside of 206.67%. Smart Sand has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 29.72%. Given Smart Sand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 1.57% compared to Smart Sand's net margin of -16.29%. Largo's return on equity of 1.94% beat Smart Sand's return on equity.
Smart Sand received 416 more outperform votes than Largo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.37% of users gave Smart Sand an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave Largo an outperform vote.
Summary
Smart Sand beats Largo on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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