Intrepid Potash vs Smart Sand
IPI and SND side by side, both in mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels). Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How IPI and SND compare
Intrepid Potash is the larger company, worth 2.3 times as much as Smart Sand ($444M against $190M).
On earnings, Smart Sand is cheaper: it trades at 11.8× trailing earnings, against 18.0× for Intrepid Potash.
Intrepid Potash keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.0% compared with 3.9% at Smart Sand.
Smart Sand pays a dividend yielding 5.6%; Intrepid Potash does not pay one.
Smart Sand scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 10 for Intrepid Potash), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | IPI | SND |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $444M | $190M |
| Share price | $32.97 | $4.49 |
| Change, 1 year | 25.5% | 102% |
| Change, 5 years | −19.7% | 130% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.77 | 0.91 |
| Employees | 478 | 318 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.0× | 11.8× (better) |
| P/S | 1.5× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | 0.9× | 0.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.4× (better) | 6.6× |
| P/FCF | 17.4× | 5.1× (better) |
| FCF yield | 5.8% | 19.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $43.01 | $6.51 |
| Margin of safety | 23.3% | 31.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | – | 21.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 22.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 306% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 322% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −49.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.1% (better) | 13.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% (better) | 2.9% |
| Net margin | 8.0% (better) | 3.9% |
| FCF margin | 8.5% | 9.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 4.8% | 6.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 3.2% | 4.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.05 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.31 |
| Interest coverage | 503× | – |
| Current ratio | 5.96 (better) | 1.81 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.65 | 2.74 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 5.6% |
| Payout ratio | – | 64.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.90% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 6.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 64.7% | 46.0% |
| Held by insiders | 21.7% | 34.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$217K (better) | −$2.6M |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.2% | 5.6% |
Go deeper
- IPI stock overview
- IPI income statement
- IPI valuation and score
- SND stock overview
- SND income statement
- SND valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.