SND vs LOGC vs MTRN Stock Comparison

Smart Sand, ContextLogic Holdings and Materion Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SND Smart Sand, Inc.
$4.84 -7.5% 1M +116.1% 1Y
Market cap
$194.73M
P/E
18.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$386.99M
Div. yield
–
Industrial Minerals Basic Materials
5 wins
MTRN MATERION Corp
$226.43 -14.5% 1M +68.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.87B
P/E
54.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.10B
Div. yield
0.00%
Industrial Minerals Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Smart Sand leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Smart Sand 5, Materion 4, ContextLogic Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNDLOGCMTRNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $194.73M $704.35M $4.87B MTRN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.6x -306.2x 54.0x SND
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 30.5x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.5% +20.3% +21.6% SND
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.7% -2.9% 4.3% MTRN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.1% — 8.1% MTRN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 6.0x 2.1x SND
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +116.1% +99.2% +68.5% SND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.5%/yr -36.6%/yr +26.2%/yr MTRN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.8% 27.3% 61.7% LOGC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 30/100 48/100 SND

Percentile Scorecard

SNDLOGCMTRN

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

AxisSNDLOGCMTRN
Valuation 96 #7 of 162 44 #91 of 162 56 #72 of 162
Growth 75 #37 of 147 10 #133 of 147 52 #71 of 147
Profitability 55 #55 of 122 38 #76 of 122 55 #56 of 122
Financial Health 45 #92 of 165 29 #118 of 165 27 #120 of 165
Shareholder Returns 94 #7 of 107 28 #77 of 107 48 #56 of 107
Overall 73 30 48
  • SND ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • LOGC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • MTRN 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

PeriodSNDLOGCMTRNSPY
1 month -7.5%+3.3%-14.5% -0.8%
3 months +2.5%+62.5%-6.4% +3.5%
6 months -10.5%+79.3%+24.7% +7.0%
Year to date +21.0%+101.1%+82.1% +12.2%
1 year +116.1%+99.2%+68.5% +13.0%
3 years +139.6%+315.3%+136.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +33.8%+60.8%+33.3% +23.1%
5 years +105.1%-89.8%+220.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +15.5%-36.6%+26.2% +11.0%
10 years ——+671.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+22.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSNDLOGCMTRNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.8%27.3%61.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.9%25.9%63.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.100.342.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.643.631.11 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.3%-97.8%-48.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.8%0.0%-29.3% -1.8%
52-week high $5.82$15.24$320.08 $779.14
52-week low $2.09$7.05$111.50 $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.

MultipleSNDLOGCMTRN
P/E now vs peer median 18.1xmedian 12.8x -303.1xmedian 12.8x 52.3xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 3.1x 8.8xmedian 3.1x 2.2xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 7.0x 27.0xmedian 7.0x 25.8xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 15.2x -16.0xmedian 15.2x 80.3xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 2.1x 0.9xmedian 2.1x 4.7xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.88median 0.29 —median 0.29 -16.56median 0.29

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 monthsSNDLOGCMTRN
Revenue $386.99M $79.50M $2.10B
Gross profit $52.09M $41.90M $335.97M
Operating income $7.85M -$9.90M $125.67M
Net income $10.49M -$300.00K $90.12M
Free cash flow $34.63M -$43.60M $58.73M
R&D – – $25.74M
EPS (diluted) $0.25 $-0.05 $4.28
Cash & equivalents $10.20M $11.00M $19.99M
Total debt $14.66M $211.50M $440.69M
Shares (diluted) 41.37M 45.74M 21.08M
Enterprise value $137.45M $311.55M $4.80B

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
MetricSNDLOGCMTRN
P/E 18.1x -303.1x 52.3x
P/FCF 5.4x -16.0x 80.3x
P/Operating cash flow 4.0x -17.6x 43.6x
P/S 0.5x 8.8x 2.2x
P/B 0.8x 0.9x 4.7x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 2.0x 5.3x
EV/EBITDA 5.0x 27.0x 25.8x
EV/EBIT 24.6x -90.7x 40.9x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 11.3x 2.4x
EV/FCF 5.6x -20.6x 87.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.1x -22.6x 47.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.88 – -16.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNDLOGCMTRN
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.5% 20.3% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.6% – 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 64.5% 63.7% 1.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.5% – -2.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 193.0% -186.8% 120.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.3% – -3.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,206% -106.5% 453.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.4% – -2.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 1,143% -129.1% 447.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.3% – -3.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 350.4% -590.1% -26.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.8% – -13.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16,392% -1,218% -36.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.7% – -1.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNDLOGCMTRN
Gross margin 13.5% 52.7% 16.0%
EBITDA margin 10.0% 41.8% 9.5%
Operating margin 2.0% -12.5% 6.0%
Pretax margin 1.9% -19.6% 4.6%
Net margin 2.7% -2.9% 4.3%
FCF margin 8.9% -54.8% 2.8%
Operating cash flow margin 12.1% -49.9% 5.2%
Return on equity 4.4% -2.1% 9.2%
Return on assets 3.1% -1.6% 4.8%
Return on invested capital 3.1% – 8.1%
Return on capital employed 2.7% -1.0% 8.0%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.1x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.5x 132.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 14.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSNDLOGCMTRN
Debt / assets 4.2% 21.8% 23.6%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.3x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 6.0x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 0.4x -4.9x 7.5x
Liabilities / assets 31.4% 24.0% 46.8%
Equity / assets 68.6% 76.0% 53.2%
Interest coverage – – 4.1x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.9x 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.2x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.5x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.64 -2.97 5.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNDLOGCMTRN
Dividend yield 5.2% – 0.2%
Net buyback yield 0.8% -3.7% –
Shareholder yield 6.0% -3.7% 0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 13.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 20.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 4.4%

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.

ConsensusSNDLOGCMTRN
Forward P/E – – 30.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.27FY2026 $-0.17FY2026 $7.43FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -1,000.0%FY2026 – +36.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +18.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $380.19MFY2026 $0.00FY2025 $2.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 -100.0%FY2025 +39.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – +8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNDLOGCMTRN
Held by institutions 49.7% – 97.0%
Institutions holding 91 – 404
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.9% – +3.3%
Institutions buying 69 – 238
Institutions selling 17 – 121
Buyers to sellers 4.06 – 1.97

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.

SNDLOGCMTRN
SND 1.00 0.01 0.05
LOGC 0.01 1.00 0.10
MTRN 0.05 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SND, LOGC and MTRN?

Materion (MTRN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Smart Sand (SND) $194.73M, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) $704.35M, Materion (MTRN) $4.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, SND, LOGC and MTRN?

Smart Sand (SND) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Smart Sand (SND) 18.6x, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) -306.2x, Materion (MTRN) 54.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Smart Sand (SND) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Smart Sand (SND) +26.5%, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) +20.3%, Materion (MTRN) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Materion (MTRN) has the highest net margin (Smart Sand (SND) 2.7%, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) -2.9%, Materion (MTRN) 4.3%). On return on invested capital, Materion (MTRN) leads (Smart Sand (SND) 3.1%, Materion (MTRN) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Smart Sand (SND) returned the most: Smart Sand (SND) +116.1%, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) +99.2%, Materion (MTRN) +68.5%. Over five years, Materion (MTRN) compounded fastest (Smart Sand (SND) +15.5%/yr, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) -36.6%/yr, Materion (MTRN) +26.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Smart Sand (SND) 0.00%, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) 0.00%, Materion (MTRN) 0.00%. Smart Sand (SND) and ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) has been the steadiest (Smart Sand (SND) 70.8%, ContextLogic Holdings (LOGC) 27.3%, Materion (MTRN) 61.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SND, LOGC and MTRN?

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 5. 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.