Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK – Get Free Report) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and Smart Sand’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | -13.47% | -25.09% | -17.48% |
| Smart Sand | 1.16% | -7.55% | -5.25% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and Smart Sand”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | $187.93 million | 0.47 | -$207.33 million | ($0.41) | -4.46 |
| Smart Sand | $311.37 million | 0.55 | $2.99 million | $0.09 | 43.89 |
Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than Mammoth Energy Services. Mammoth Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Sand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mammoth Energy Services and Smart Sand, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Smart Sand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Risk and Volatility
Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Sand has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Smart Sand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Smart Sand beats Mammoth Energy Services on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Mammoth Energy Services
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. operates as an energy services company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Well Completion Services, Infrastructure Services, Natural Sand Proppant Services, and Drilling Services. The company offers pressure pumping and hydraulic fracturing, sand hauling, and water transfer services; and master services agreements. It also provides a range of services on electric transmission and distribution, and networks and substation facilities, including engineering, design, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage overhead and underground distribution systems; storm repair and restoration services; and commercial services comprising installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial wiring. In addition, the company mines, processes, and sells natural sand proppant used for hydraulic fracturing; buys processed sand from suppliers on the spot market for resale; and provides logistics solutions to facilitate delivery of frac sand products. Further, it offers contract land and directional drilling services; and rig moving services. Additionally, the company offers aviation services, equipment rental, remote accommodation, and equipment manufacturing services. It serves government-funded, private, public investor-owned, and co-operative utilities; independent oil and natural gas producers; and land-based drilling contractors. The company was formerly known as Mammoth Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. in October 2016. Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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.
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