SND Stock — Smart Sand Inc

Smart Sand Inc (SND)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SND is a Stock. its distribution rate is 3.94%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.93%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is -47.4% over the past 9.9 years, 376.0 points behind SPY at 328.6%.

Smart Sand is a fully integrated frac and industrial sand supply company that extracts, processes, and sells proppant for hydraulic fracturing operations, along with equipment rental and wellsite logistics services to oil and gas producers and oilfield service companies across the United States and Canada. The company distributes cash to shareholders on a semi-annual basis at a modest current distribution rate. Smart Sand appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to energy infrastructure and oilfield services.

SND performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -47.4% over the past 9.9 years, 376.0 points behind SPY at 328.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 144.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 32.4%.

SND key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/04/2016

Distribution rate

3.94%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

4.93%

Last close

$5.07 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$214,963,239

Average volume

184096.0

Dividend

$0.10

Ex-dividend date

07/28/2026

Payment date

08/12/2026

Beta

0.36

Payout ratio

96.7%

P/E ratio

19.5

Forward P/E

48.0769

EPS

$0.26

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (3.94%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.93%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SND risks and drawbacks

SND's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 32.4%.

Who may consider SND — and who may not

SND may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SND pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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