Reviewing Select Sands (OTCMKTS:SLSDF) & Mountain Province Diamonds (OTCMKTS:MPVDF)

Profitability

This table compares Mountain Province Diamonds and Select Sands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mountain Province Diamonds	-117.85%	-72.81%	-19.51%
Select Sands	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mountain Province Diamonds and Select Sands”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mountain Province Diamonds	$195.36 million	0.04	-$58.99 million	($0.64)	-0.06
Select Sands	$22.30 million	N/A	-$870,000.00	($0.04)	0.00

Select Sands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mountain Province Diamonds. Mountain Province Diamonds is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Sands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.5% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Mountain Province Diamonds shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Select Sands beats Mountain Province Diamonds on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mountain Province Diamonds

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. focuses on the mining and marketing of rough diamonds worldwide. The company holds a 49% interest in the Gahcho Kué mine comprising mining leases covering an area of 5,216 hectares; and 100% of the mineral rights of the Kennady North consisting of 22 federal leases and 97 claims covering an area of 113,000 hectares located in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The company was formerly known as Mountain Province Mining Inc. and changed its name to Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in October 2000. Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, 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.