Financial Contrast: Select Sands (OTCMKTS:SLSDF) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM)

Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) and Select Sands (OTCMKTS:SLSDF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Wheaton Precious Metals and Select Sands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	54.72%	13.32%	12.89%
Select Sands	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Wheaton Precious Metals and Select Sands, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheaton Precious Metals	0	1	10	1	3.00
Select Sands	0	0	0	0	0.00

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of $140.44, indicating a potential downside of 3.80%. Given Select Sands’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Sands is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Wheaton Precious Metals and Select Sands”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28 billion	51.60	$529.14 million	$2.20	66.36
Select Sands	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.04)	N/A

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Select Sands. Select Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Select Sands on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wheaton Precious Metals

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. primarily sells precious metals in North America, Europe, and South America. It produces and sells gold, silver, palladium, and cobalt deposits. The company was formerly known as Silver Wheaton Corp. and changed its name to Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. in May 2017. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Select Sands

Select Sands Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in quarrying and producing silica sand. The company holds interest in the Sandtown project located in northeast Arkansas, the United States. It sells its products to industrial and energy customers. The company was formerly known as La Ronge Gold Corp. and changed its name to Select Sands Corp. in November 2014. Select Sands Corp. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas.