Contrasting Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) & Select Sands (OTCMKTS:SLSDF)

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Select Sands (OTCMKTS:SLSDF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and Select Sands, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	1	1	1	0	2.00
Select Sands	0	0	0	0	0.00

Alpha Metallurgical Resources currently has a consensus price target of $160.50, indicating a potential downside of 34.07%. Given Select Sands’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Select Sands is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Alpha Metallurgical Resources and Select Sands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	-2.09%	-2.88%	-1.95%
Select Sands	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alpha Metallurgical Resources and Select Sands”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$2.96 billion	1.06	$187.58 million	($3.56)	-68.38
Select Sands	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.04)	N/A

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

About Alpha Metallurgical Resources

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc., a mining company, produces, processes, and sells met and thermal coal in Virginia and West Virginia. The company offers metallurgical coal products. It operates twenty-two active mines and nine coal preparation and load-out facilities. The company was formerly known as Contura Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. in February 2021. Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, Tennessee.

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.