Financial Survey: Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) and Diamond Discoveries International (OTCMKTS:DMDD)

Diamond Discoveries International (OTCMKTS:DMDD) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Diamond Discoveries International and Smart Sand, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diamond Discoveries International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Smart Sand	0	2	0	0	2.00

Smart Sand has a consensus target price of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.66%. Given Smart Sand’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Smart Sand is more favorable than Diamond Discoveries International.

Profitability

This table compares Diamond Discoveries International and Smart Sand’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diamond Discoveries International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smart Sand	-1.96%	-1.74%	-1.23%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Smart Sand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Diamond Discoveries International and Smart Sand”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diamond Discoveries International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smart Sand	$281.96 million	0.35	$4.65 million	($0.14)	-16.64

Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than Diamond Discoveries International.

Summary

Smart Sand beats Diamond Discoveries International on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Diamond Discoveries International

Diamond Discoveries International Corp. operates as a mineral exploration company. It focuses on the exploration of diamonds, chromium, and gold; and platinum group elements, such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium on its Caribou Property in Thetford Mines, Quebec. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Thetford Mines, Canada. It also has executive offices in New York, New York; and Burlington, Canada.

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.