Drilling Tools International (NASDAQ:DTI – 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 analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Drilling Tools International has a beta of -0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Sand has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Drilling Tools International and Smart Sand, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Drilling Tools International | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Smart Sand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Drilling Tools International and Smart Sand”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Drilling Tools International | $154.45 million | 0.44 | $3.01 million | ($0.13) | -14.62 |
| Smart Sand | $311.37 million | 0.28 | $2.99 million | $0.01 | 198.00 |
Drilling Tools International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smart Sand. Drilling Tools International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Sand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
2.8% of Drilling Tools International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.5% of Drilling Tools International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% 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.
Profitability
This table compares Drilling Tools International and Smart Sand’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Drilling Tools International | -2.81% | 4.29% | 2.32% |
| Smart Sand | 0.26% | -8.83% | -6.20% |
Summary
Drilling Tools International beats Smart Sand on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Drilling Tools International
Drilling Tools International Corporation provides oilfield equipment and services to oil and natural gas sectors in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. It offers downhole tool rentals, machining, and inspection services to support the global drilling and wellbore construction industry. The company also provides products are bottom hole assembly components, such as stabilizers, subs, non-magnetic and steel drill collars, hole openers, and roller reamers, as well as drill pipe and drill pipe accessories; ancillary equipment and handling tools to support its rental platform, including float valves, ring gauges, tool baskets, lift bail, lift subs, mud magnets, elevators, bracket and bail assemblies, slips, tongs, stabbing guides and safety clamps; and blowout preventers, and pressure control accessory equipment. In addition, it offers tool rental services, which consists of rental, inspection, machining, and repair services; rents downhole drilling tools used in horizontal and directional drilling of oil and natural gas; rents kellys, pip joints, work strings; maintains a fleet of rental equipment consisting of drill collars, stabilizers, crossover subs, wellbore conditioning tools, drill pipe, hevi-wate drill pipe, and tubing; rents surface control equipment, such as blowout preventers and handling tools; and provides downhole products for producing wells. Drilling Tools International Corporation is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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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