IPI vs. AVD, CF, MOS, SMG, SLCA, UUUU, LEU, CMP, PLL, and ATLX
Should you be buying Intrepid Potash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intrepid Potash include American Vanguard (AVD), CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Centrus Energy (LEU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), and Atlas Lithium (ATLX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) and Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
American Vanguard presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 107.61%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.62%. Given Intrepid Potash's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
79.0% of American Vanguard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of American Vanguard shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, American Vanguard had 2 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for American Vanguard and 1 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat American Vanguard's score of 1.47 indicating that American Vanguard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Vanguard has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Vanguard has higher revenue and earnings than Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Vanguard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intrepid Potash received 12 more outperform votes than American Vanguard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.13% of users gave American Vanguard an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
American Vanguard has a net margin of 1.22% compared to American Vanguard's net margin of -15.95%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of 2.20% beat American Vanguard's return on equity.
Summary
American Vanguard beats Intrepid Potash on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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