Contrasting Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) & Terra Energy & Resource Technologies (OTCMKTS:TEGR)

Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) and Terra Energy & Resource Technologies (OTCMKTS:TEGR) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Smart Sand and Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smart Sand	0	1	0	0	2.00
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Terra Energy & Resource Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Terra Energy & Resource Technologies is more favorable than Smart Sand.

Risk and Volatility

Smart Sand has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terra Energy & Resource Technologies has a beta of -15.27, indicating that its stock price is 1,627% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Smart Sand and Terra Energy & Resource Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smart Sand	1.16%	-7.55%	-5.25%
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Smart Sand and Terra Energy & Resource Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smart Sand	$311.37 million	0.56	$2.99 million	$0.09	44.89
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than Terra Energy & Resource Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Summary

Smart Sand beats Terra Energy & Resource Technologies on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Terra Energy & Resource Technologies

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, Terra Insight Services, Inc., operates as a natural resource exploration technology company worldwide. It provides mapping and analysis services for exploration, drilling, and mining companies related to natural resources. The company’s technologies consist of Sub Terrain Prospecting technology, Naturally Adsorbed Gas Survey technology, Side View Seismic Locator technology, and Seismic Location of Emission Centers technology. Its technologies predict and locate commercially viable deposits of hydrocarbons, gold, diamonds, and other natural resources, as well as assess them for onshore or offshore geographic area. Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York.