Financial Contrast: Select Sands (OTCMKTS:SLSDF) versus Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU)

Select Sands (OTCMKTS:SLSDF) and Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Select Sands and Energy Fuels”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Select Sands	$22.30 million	0.01	-$870,000.00	($0.04)	-0.07
Energy Fuels	$37.93 million	32.31	$99.86 million	($0.22)	-28.68

Energy Fuels has higher revenue and earnings than Select Sands. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Sands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Select Sands has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Select Sands and Energy Fuels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Sands	N/A	N/A	N/A
Energy Fuels	-90.40%	-9.16%	-8.67%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Select Sands and Energy Fuels, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Sands	0	0	0	0	0.00
Energy Fuels	0	2	2	0	2.50

Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.71%. Given Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than Select Sands.

Summary

Energy Fuels beats Select Sands on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Select Sands

Select Sands Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in quarrying and producing silica sand. The company holds interest in the Sandtown project located in northeast Arkansas, the United States. It sells its products to industrial and energy customers. The company was formerly known as La Ronge Gold Corp. and changed its name to Select Sands Corp. in November 2014. Select Sands Corp. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Energy Fuels

Energy Fuels Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction, recovery, recycling, exploration, permitting, evaluation, and sale of uranium mineral properties in the United States. The company produces and sells vanadium pentoxide, rare earth elements, and heavy mineral sands, such as ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and monazite. The company was formerly known as Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc. and changed its name to Energy Fuels Inc. in May 2006. Energy Fuels Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.