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AVD vs. IPI, CF, MOS, SMG, MATV, ASIX, OEC, NL, FEAM, and TSE

Should 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), Mativ (MATV), AdvanSix (ASIX), Orion (OEC), NL Industries (NL), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), and Trinseo (TSE).

American Vanguard vs. Its Competitors

Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Intrepid Potash had 2 more articles in the media than American Vanguard. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Intrepid Potash and 0 mentions for American Vanguard. Intrepid Potash's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat American Vanguard's score of 0.00 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Intrepid Potash Neutral
American Vanguard Neutral

American Vanguard has a net margin of -23.72% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -71.13%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of 1.48% beat American Vanguard's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intrepid Potash-71.13% 1.48% 1.20%
American Vanguard -23.72%-26.21%-9.97%

56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of American Vanguard shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of American Vanguard shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Intrepid Potash has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Vanguard has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Intrepid Potash presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.12%. American Vanguard has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 130.19%. Given American Vanguard's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intrepid Potash
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
American Vanguard
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intrepid Potash$254.69M1.43-$212.85M-$15.58-1.76
American Vanguard$547.31M0.27-$126.34M-$4.47-1.17

Summary

American Vanguard beats Intrepid Potash on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVD vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican VanguardCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$152.11M$14.90B$3.83B$21.77B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%5.05%3.62%
P/E Ratio-1.1749.91156.5132.40
Price / Sales0.273.0023,917.3160.35
Price / CashN/A12.8926.6424.37
Price / Book0.653.117.184.59
Net Income-$126.34M$424.10M$148.99M$1.01B
7 Day Performance3.02%2.96%45.54%1.32%
1 Month Performance-9.89%-3.75%53.89%-1.45%
1 Year Performance-4.52%0.97%75.53%9.57%

American Vanguard Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVD
American Vanguard
2.3119 of 5 stars
$5.21
-2.6%
$12.00
+130.2%
-4.5%$152.11M$547.31M-1.17800
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.5898 of 5 stars
$30.54
+3.9%
$23.00
-24.7%
+12.1%$391.36M$254.69M-1.96440News Coverage
Gap Down
CF
CF Industries
4.3273 of 5 stars
$92.12
+2.3%
$94.64
+2.7%
-2.6%$14.59B$5.94B12.032,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MOS
Mosaic
4.9273 of 5 stars
$35.34
+2.3%
$36.25
+2.6%
+12.8%$10.96B$11.12B11.9813,765Analyst Forecast
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.8826 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.7%
$69.17
+20.5%
-39.3%$3.34B$3.55B75.536,200
MATV
Mativ
2.3225 of 5 stars
$10.97
-1.2%
$10.00
-8.8%
-38.0%$606.86M$1.98B-1.315,100News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
ASIX
AdvanSix
3.2545 of 5 stars
$20.20
+3.1%
$33.50
+65.8%
-35.8%$526.15M$1.52B7.111,450
OEC
Orion
4.341 of 5 stars
$7.23
+0.3%
$9.33
+29.1%
-67.4%$404.84M$1.84B26.781,658News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
NL
NL Industries
2.5465 of 5 stars
$6.13
-0.2%
N/A-29.2%$300.02M$145.90M5.572,820
FEAM
5E Advanced Materials
2.3186 of 5 stars
$4.44
+8.6%
$7.25
+63.3%
-55.2%$91.80MN/A-0.2820Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TSE
Trinseo
1.0709 of 5 stars
$2.08
-10.7%
N/A-66.3%$83.94M$3.26B-0.192,950High Trading Volume

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