Analyzing 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Diamond Discoveries International and Smart Sand, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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 8.47%. Given Smart Sand’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Smart Sand is more favorable than Diamond Discoveries International.

Institutional and Insider 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Diamond Discoveries International and Smart Sand”s gross revenue, earnings per share 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	0.37	$4.65 million	($0.14)	-17.29

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.