LGO vs. SND, FTK, KLXE, SOL, GIFI, MVO, EPSN, BATL, MAXN, and PHX
Should you be buying Largo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Largo include Smart Sand (SND), Flotek Industries (FTK), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Emeren Group (SOL), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), MV Oil Trust (MVO), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), Battalion Oil (BATL), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), and PHX Minerals (PHX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Largo (NYSE:LGO) and Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Smart Sand has a net margin of 1.57% compared to Largo's net margin of -16.29%. Smart Sand's return on equity of 1.94% beat Largo's return on equity.
64.1% of Largo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Smart Sand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Largo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Smart Sand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Largo had 4 more articles in the media than Smart Sand. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Largo and 2 mentions for Smart Sand. Largo's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Smart Sand's score of 0.47 indicating that Largo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smart Sand received 415 more outperform votes than Largo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.37% of users gave Smart Sand an outperform vote while only 48.84% of users gave Largo an outperform vote.
Largo currently has a consensus target price of $4.70, suggesting a potential upside of 184.85%. Smart Sand has a consensus target price of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.03%. Given Largo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Largo is more favorable than Smart Sand.
Smart Sand has higher revenue and earnings than Largo. Largo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Sand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Largo has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Sand has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Smart Sand beats Largo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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