AVD vs. UAN, PPTA, VZLA, IPI, NL, FSTR, RYAM, VHI, PLL, and DC
Should you be buying American Vanguard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Vanguard include CVR Partners (UAN), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Intrepid Potash (IPI), NL Industries (NL), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Valhi (VHI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), and Dakota Gold (DC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) and CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
CVR Partners has higher revenue and earnings than American Vanguard. CVR Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Vanguard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Vanguard pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $6.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. American Vanguard pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Partners pays out 85.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, CVR Partners had 9 more articles in the media than American Vanguard. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CVR Partners and 3 mentions for American Vanguard. CVR Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat American Vanguard's score of 0.33 indicating that CVR Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Vanguard has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Partners has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CVR Partners has a net margin of 14.26% compared to American Vanguard's net margin of 1.30%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 26.35% beat American Vanguard's return on equity.
79.0% of American Vanguard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of American Vanguard shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Vanguard received 88 more outperform votes than CVR Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.26% of users gave American Vanguard an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave CVR Partners an outperform vote.
American Vanguard currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.93%. Given American Vanguard's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than CVR Partners.
Summary
CVR Partners beats American Vanguard on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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