American Vanguard (AVD) Competitors

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)	3.00
Intrepid 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Vanguard	$553.84M	0.22	$7.52M	-$1.03	-4.14
Intrepid Potash	$273.17M	1.77	-$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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Vanguard	Outperform Votes 292 60.83%	Underperform Votes 188 39.17%
Intrepid Potash	Outperform Votes 303 49.67%	Underperform Votes 307 50.33%

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.

Summary

American Vanguard beats Intrepid Potash on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.