SND vs EAF vs AESI Stock Comparison

Smart Sand, Graftech International and Atlas Energy Solutions Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SND Smart Sand, Inc.
$4.89 -3.4% 1M +127.4% 1Y
Market cap
$190.51M
P/E
18.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$386.99M
Div. yield
5.11%
Industrial Minerals Basic Materials
6 wins
EAF Graftech International Ltd
$12.04 +40.8% 1M -8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$323.85M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$509.08M
Div. yield
–
Industrial Minerals Basic Materials
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Smart Sand leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Smart Sand 6, Atlas Energy Solutions 2, Graftech International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNDEAFAESILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $190.51M $323.85M $1.16B AESI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.3x -1.6x -9.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.5% -2.5% -8.1% SND
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.7% -38.4% -11.1% SND
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.1% -12.9% -3.4% SND
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x -23.1x 9.9x EAF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.11% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +127.4% -8.0% -23.4% SND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.5%/yr -35.4%/yr — SND
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.6% 112.4% 65.4% AESI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 23/100 28/100 SND

Percentile Scorecard

SNDEAFAESI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSNDEAFAESI
Valuation 96 #8 of 163 22 #128 of 163 59 #68 of 163
Growth 76 #37 of 148 7 #138 of 148 6 #139 of 148
Profitability 56 #55 of 123 25 #92 of 123 33 #83 of 123
Financial Health 44 #93 of 164 19 #133 of 164 14 #141 of 164
Shareholder Returns 94 #7 of 108 43 #62 of 108 –
Overall 73 23 28
  • SND ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • EAF ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • AESI ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSNDEAFAESISPY
1 month -3.4%+40.8%-20.5% +0.7%
3 months +17.3%+85.5%-9.9% +3.7%
6 months -11.3%+41.6%-46.7% +7.1%
Year to date +22.2%-22.4%-1.7% +12.8%
1 year +127.4%-8.0%-23.4% +11.9%
3 years +135.1%-64.6%-52.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +33.0%-29.3%-21.7% +22.8%
5 years +114.5%-88.7%— +67.6%
5 years, per year +16.5%-35.4%— +10.9%

Risk

MeasureSNDEAFAESISPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.6%112.4%65.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.8%129.2%74.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.092.000.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.80-0.07-0.36 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.3%-96.1%-67.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.0%-33.1%-53.1% -1.2%
52-week high $5.82$18.01$19.75 $779.14
52-week low $2.09$5.23$8.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSNDEAFAESI
P/E now vs peer median 18.3xmedian 13.2x -1.6xmedian 13.2x -9.8xmedian 13.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 3.1x 0.6xmedian 3.1x 1.1xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 7.2x -30.2xmedian 7.2x 21.7xmedian 7.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 15.2x -2.0xmedian 15.2x -6.3xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 2.2x -0.8xmedian 2.2x 1.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.91median 0.30 0.02median 0.30 0.30median 0.30

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSNDEAFAESI
Revenue $386.99M $509.08M $1.07B
Gross profit $52.09M -$34.13M $76.19M
Operating income $7.85M -$107.10M -$88.46M
Net income $10.49M -$195.63M -$118.33M
Free cash flow $34.63M -$158.11M -$184.12M
R&D – $6.05M –
EPS (diluted) $0.25 $-7.38 $-0.95
Cash & equivalents $10.20M $134.31M –
Total debt $14.66M $1.20B $966.72M
Shares (diluted) 41.37M 26.51M 124.94M
Enterprise value $133.22M -$214.50M $1.16B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSNDEAFAESI
P/E 18.3x -1.6x -9.8x
P/FCF 5.5x -2.0x -6.3x
P/Operating cash flow 4.1x -2.9x 21.2x
P/S 0.5x 0.6x 1.1x
P/B 0.8x -0.8x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 0.8x -0.8x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 5.0x -30.2x 21.7x
EV/EBIT 24.9x -13.0x -24.0x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 2.7x 2.0x
EV/FCF 5.6x -8.8x -11.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.1x -12.3x 38.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.91 0.02 0.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNDEAFAESI
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.5% -2.5% -8.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.6% -11.4% 20.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 64.5% -1,814% -63.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.5% -30.9% -38.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 193.0% -70.6% -229.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.3% -57.0% -32.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,206% 4.2% -946.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.4% -72.9% -34.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 1,143% 6.3% -937.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.3% -71.1% -32.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 350.4% -29.5% -77.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.8% -43.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16,392% -31.3% -915.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.7% -79.2% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNDEAFAESI
Gross margin 13.5% -6.7% 7.1%
EBITDA margin 10.0% -9.0% 9.2%
Operating margin 2.0% -21.0% -8.3%
Pretax margin 1.9% -36.8% -14.8%
Net margin 2.7% -38.4% -11.1%
FCF margin 8.9% -31.1% -17.2%
Operating cash flow margin 12.1% -22.2% 5.1%
Return on equity 4.4% – -10.4%
Return on assets 3.1% -18.9% -4.9%
Return on invested capital 3.1% -12.9% -3.4%
Return on capital employed 2.7% -12.1% -4.1%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.5x 0.6x -0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 1.1% 3.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSNDEAFAESI
Debt / assets 4.2% 117.4% 37.8%
Debt / equity 0.1x -3.1x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x -23.1x 9.9x
Debt / FCF 0.4x -7.6x -5.3x
Liabilities / assets 31.4% 138.0% 56.4%
Equity / assets 68.6% -38.0% 43.6%
Interest coverage – -1.1x –
Current ratio 1.7x 3.5x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.4x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.9x –
Altman Z-score 2.65 -0.84 0.82

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNDEAFAESI
Dividend yield 5.1% – –
Net buyback yield 0.8% -1.5% –
Shareholder yield 5.9% -1.5% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSNDEAFAESI
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.27FY2026 $-5.68FY2026 $-0.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -1,000.0%FY2026 – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $380.19MFY2026 $483.99MFY2026 $1.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 -4.0%FY2026 -4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +23.5% +31.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNDEAFAESI
Held by institutions 49.7% 41.3% 84.6%
Institutions holding 91 90 287
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.9% +2.5% +17.8%
Institutions buying 69 54 171
Institutions selling 17 22 72
Buyers to sellers 4.06 2.45 2.38

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SNDEAFAESI
SND 1.00 0.02 0.22
EAF 0.02 1.00 0.08
AESI 0.22 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SND, EAF and AESI?

Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Smart Sand (SND) $190.51M, Graftech International (EAF) $323.85M, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) $1.16B.

Which company is growing faster?

Smart Sand (SND) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Smart Sand (SND) +26.5%, Graftech International (EAF) -2.5%, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) -8.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Smart Sand (SND) has the highest net margin (Smart Sand (SND) 2.7%, Graftech International (EAF) -38.4%, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) -11.1%). On return on invested capital, Smart Sand (SND) leads (Smart Sand (SND) 3.1%, Graftech International (EAF) -12.9%, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) -3.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Smart Sand (SND) returned the most: Smart Sand (SND) +127.4%, Graftech International (EAF) -8.0%, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) -23.4%. Over five years, Smart Sand (SND) compounded fastest (Smart Sand (SND) +16.5%/yr, Graftech International (EAF) -35.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Smart Sand (SND) 5.11%, Graftech International (EAF) 0.00%, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) 0.00%. Graftech International (EAF) and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) has been the steadiest (Smart Sand (SND) 70.6%, Graftech International (EAF) 112.4%, Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) 65.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SND, EAF and AESI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Smart Sand (SND) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.