Critical Comparison: Freestone Resources (OTCMKTS:FSNR) vs. Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI)

Freestone Resources (OTCMKTS:FSNR) and Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Freestone Resources and Solaris Energy Infrastructure, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freestone Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	0	0	7	2	3.22

Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 98.41%. Given Solaris Energy Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Solaris Energy Infrastructure is more favorable than Freestone Resources.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Freestone Resources and Solaris Energy Infrastructure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freestone Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	$371.53 million	4.10	$24.34 million	$0.49	46.29

Solaris Energy Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Freestone Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Freestone Resources and Solaris Energy Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freestone Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	4.80%	6.66%	4.12%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.4% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Freestone Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are held by 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.

Summary

Solaris Energy Infrastructure beats Freestone Resources on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freestone Resources

Freestone Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas technology development company, which engages in the development and marketing of technologies and solvents. The company was founded on January 22, 1997 and is headquartered in Ennis, TX.

About Solaris Energy Infrastructure

Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture of patented mobile proppant management systems that unload, store, and deliver proppant to oil and natural gas well sites. Its products include Mobile Proppant and Mobile Chemical Management Systems, and Inventory Management Software. The firm’s services include field, last mile management, and transloading services. The company was founded by William A. Zartler in 2014 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.