TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) Head-To-Head Review

Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) and TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Smart Sand and TechnipFMC, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smart Sand	1	0	0	0	1.00
TechnipFMC	0	2	13	2	3.00

TechnipFMC has a consensus target price of $45.36, indicating a potential upside of 7.13%. Given TechnipFMC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TechnipFMC is more favorable than Smart Sand.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Smart Sand and TechnipFMC”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smart Sand	$311.37 million	0.30	$2.99 million	$0.01	213.00
TechnipFMC	$9.78 billion	1.75	$842.90 million	$2.24	18.90

TechnipFMC has higher revenue and earnings than Smart Sand. TechnipFMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Sand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smart Sand	0.26%	-8.83%	-6.20%
TechnipFMC	9.67%	30.23%	9.72%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of Smart Sand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Smart Sand has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

TechnipFMC beats Smart Sand on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About TechnipFMC

TechnipFMC plc engages in the energy projects, technologies, and systems and services businesses in Europe, Central Asia, North America, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Subsea and Surface Technologies. The Subsea segment engages in the design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, fabrication, installation, and life of field services for subsea systems, subsea field infrastructure, and subsea pipe systems used in oil and gas production and transportation. It provides subsea production and processing system; flexible pipe; subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines; vessels; robotics; well and asset services; and Subsea Studio for optimizing the development, execution, and operation of current and future subsea fields. The Surface Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and services products and systems used in land and shallow water exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. This segment offers drilling; surface wellheads and production trees systems; iComplete, a pressure control system; fracturing tree and manifold systems; flexible pipes; safety and integrity systems, multiphase meter modules, in-line separation and processing systems, and standard pumps; well control and integrity systems; separation and processing systems; skid systems; and flow measurement and automation solutions. It also offers planning, testing and installation, commissioning, operations, replacement and upgrade, maintenance, storage, preservation, intervention, integrity, decommissioning, and abandonment; and supplies flowline products and services. TechnipFMC plc was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.