American Vanguard (AVD) Competitors $4.26 +0.01 (+0.33%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$4.48 +0.22 (+5.16%) As of 07:22 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AVD vs. IPI, CF, MOS, SMG, BIOX, CBUS, ENFY, NITO, EVGN, and SNESShould you be buying American Vanguard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Vanguard include Intrepid Potash (IPI), CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), Enlightify (ENFY), N2OFF (NITO), Evogene (EVGN), and SenesTech (SNES). American Vanguard vs. Intrepid Potash CF Industries Mosaic Scotts Miracle-Gro Bioceres Crop Solutions Cibus Enlightify N2OFF Evogene SenesTech American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) and Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation. Do analysts rate AVD or IPI? American Vanguard presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 228.33%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 47.56%. Given American Vanguard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score American Vanguard 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Intrepid Potash 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Which has better earnings and valuation, AVD or IPI? American Vanguard has higher revenue and earnings than Intrepid Potash. American Vanguard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intrepid Potash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAmerican Vanguard$553.84M0.22$7.52M-$1.03-4.14Intrepid Potash$273.17M1.77-$35.67M-$15.89-2.28 Does the media refer more to AVD or IPI? In the previous week, Intrepid Potash had 2 more articles in the media than American Vanguard. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Intrepid Potash and 3 mentions for American Vanguard. American Vanguard's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.53 indicating that American Vanguard is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment American Vanguard 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Intrepid Potash 1 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility and risk, AVD or IPI? American Vanguard has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVD or IPI? Intrepid Potash received 11 more outperform votes than American Vanguard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.83% of users gave American Vanguard an outperform vote while only 49.67% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAmerican VanguardOutperform Votes29260.83% Underperform Votes18839.17% Intrepid PotashOutperform Votes30349.67% Underperform Votes30750.33% Is AVD or IPI more profitable? American Vanguard has a net margin of -5.22% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -16.86%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of -1.32% beat American Vanguard's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets American Vanguard-5.22% -3.45% -1.57% Intrepid Potash -16.86%-1.32%-1.14% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AVD or IPI? 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by company 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. SummaryAmerican Vanguard beats Intrepid Potash on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get American Vanguard News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AVD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AVD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAmerican VanguardAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$122.75M$4.91B$3.08B$19.30BDividend Yield0.73%3.84%5.20%3.83%P/E Ratio-4.1438.7369.2634.53Price / Sales0.224.3525,591,212,775,274,500.0034.84Price / Cash4.857.3124.3417.51Price / Book0.331.035.214.69Net Income$7.52M$314.10M$156.48M$1.02B7 Day Performance4.00%-2.78%2.55%-2.43%1 Month Performance0.09%15.20%5.12%6.27%1 Year Performance-51.55%-29.95%18.67%5.78% American Vanguard Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AVDAmerican Vanguard2.9254 of 5 stars$4.26+0.3%$14.00+228.3%-53.4%$122.75M$553.84M-4.14800Positive NewsIPIIntrepid Potash1.3998 of 5 stars$35.58-6.6%$19.00-46.6%+34.8%$473.85M$273.17M-10.62440Insider TradeHigh Trading VolumeCFCF Industries3.9312 of 5 stars$84.22+2.2%$89.93+6.8%+11.6%$14.28B$6.13B12.442,700News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst RevisionMOSMosaic4.0469 of 5 stars$32.93+0.8%$32.75-0.6%+10.3%$10.44B$11.06B29.1413,600Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionSMGScotts Miracle-Gro4.1759 of 5 stars$57.01+5.6%$65.50+14.9%-8.4%$3.29B$3.45B-118.766,100Analyst RevisionGap UpBIOXBioceres Crop Solutions3.2234 of 5 stars$4.65-1.3%$8.63+85.5%-59.1%$291.61M$407.73M232.62500Earnings ReportAnalyst RevisionCBUSCibus1.6169 of 5 stars$2.43+13.6%$22.00+805.3%-82.6%$79.83M$4.26M-0.1148ENFYEnlightifyN/A$1.01+1.0%N/AN/A$16.28M$87.36M-0.50424NITON2OFF0.8027 of 5 stars$0.40-9.5%N/A-69.3%$7.16M$210,000.000.002Gap DownEVGNEvogene1.8555 of 5 stars$1.14+0.7%$12.00+952.6%-84.0%$6.12M$8.51M-0.26140News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastSNESSenesTech1.4448 of 5 stars$2.78+2.6%$10.00+259.7%-66.5%$4.94M$1.86M-0.2830Analyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Intrepid Potash Alternatives CF Industries Alternatives Mosaic Alternatives Scotts Miracle-Gro Alternatives Bioceres Crop Solutions Alternatives Cibus Alternatives Enlightify Alternatives N2OFF Alternatives Evogene Alternatives SenesTech Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AVD) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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