Analyzing Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) & StackIt Storage (NASDAQ:STAK)

StackIt Storage (NASDAQ:STAK) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of Smart Sand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

StackIt Storage has a beta of -6.54, meaning that its share price is 754% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Sand has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for StackIt Storage and Smart Sand, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
StackIt Storage	1	0	0	0	1.00
Smart Sand	0	0	1	0	3.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares StackIt Storage and Smart Sand”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
StackIt Storage	$24.92 million	0.65	-$5.71 million	N/A	N/A
Smart Sand	$330.15 million	0.69	$1.35 million	$0.26	20.58

Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than StackIt Storage.

Profitability

This table compares StackIt Storage and Smart Sand’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
StackIt Storage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smart Sand	2.71%	4.41%	3.07%

Summary

Smart Sand beats StackIt Storage on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About StackIt Storage

Manufactured Housing Properties Inc. engages in the administration and management of manufactured housing communities. The firm manufactures home sites to tenants that own manufactured home and the rental of company-owned manufactured homes to residents of the communities. Its communities are located in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The company was founded on September 3, 2003 and is headquartered in Pineville, NC.

About Smart Sand

Smart Sand, Inc., an integrated frac and industrial sand supply and services company, engages in the excavation, processing, and sale of sands or proppant for use in hydraulic fracturing operations in the oil and gas industry in the United States. It also provides proppant logistics services; and wellsite storage solutions through SmartSystems products and services. The company sells its products primarily to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, oilfield service companies, and industrial manufacturers. Smart Sand, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.