American Vanguard (AVD) Competitors $5.21 -0.14 (-2.56%) Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.23 +0.02 (+0.33%) As of 10/17/2025 04:32 PM 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, MATV, ASIX, OEC, NL, FEAM, and TSEShould 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 CF Industries Mosaic Scotts Miracle-Gro Mativ AdvanSix Orion NL Industries 5E Advanced Materials Trinseo 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. Does the media refer more to IPI or AVD? 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 Is IPI or AVD more profitable? 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% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of IPI or AVD? 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. Which has more risk and volatility, IPI or AVD? 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. Do analysts recommend IPI or AVD? 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) 2.00American Vanguard 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has higher earnings & valuation, IPI or AVD? 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 RatioIntrepid Potash$254.69M1.43-$212.85M-$15.58-1.76American Vanguard$547.31M0.27-$126.34M-$4.47-1.17 SummaryAmerican Vanguard beats Intrepid Potash on 9 of the 16 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. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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 VanguardCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$152.11M$14.90B$3.83B$21.77BDividend YieldN/A1.94%5.05%3.62%P/E Ratio-1.1749.91156.5132.40Price / Sales0.273.0023,917.3160.35Price / CashN/A12.8926.6424.37Price / Book0.653.117.184.59Net Income-$126.34M$424.10M$148.99M$1.01B7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AVDAmerican Vanguard2.3119 of 5 stars$5.21-2.6%$12.00+130.2%-4.5%$152.11M$547.31M-1.17800IPIIntrepid Potash1.5898 of 5 stars$30.54+3.9%$23.00-24.7%+12.1%$391.36M$254.69M-1.96440News CoverageGap DownCFCF Industries4.3273 of 5 stars$92.12+2.3%$94.64+2.7%-2.6%$14.59B$5.94B12.032,800News CoverageAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionMOSMosaic4.9273 of 5 stars$35.34+2.3%$36.25+2.6%+12.8%$10.96B$11.12B11.9813,765Analyst ForecastSMGScotts Miracle-Gro4.8826 of 5 stars$57.40-0.7%$69.17+20.5%-39.3%$3.34B$3.55B75.536,200MATVMativ2.3225 of 5 stars$10.97-1.2%$10.00-8.8%-38.0%$606.86M$1.98B-1.315,100News CoverageShort Interest ↑ASIXAdvanSix3.2545 of 5 stars$20.20+3.1%$33.50+65.8%-35.8%$526.15M$1.52B7.111,450OECOrion4.341 of 5 stars$7.23+0.3%$9.33+29.1%-67.4%$404.84M$1.84B26.781,658News CoverageAnalyst DowngradeGap DownNLNL Industries2.5465 of 5 stars$6.13-0.2%N/A-29.2%$300.02M$145.90M5.572,820FEAM5E Advanced Materials2.3186 of 5 stars$4.44+8.6%$7.25+63.3%-55.2%$91.80MN/A-0.2820Analyst ForecastGap DownHigh Trading VolumeTSETrinseo1.0709 of 5 stars$2.08-10.7%N/A-66.3%$83.94M$3.26B-0.192,950High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Intrepid Potash Alternatives CF Industries Alternatives Mosaic Alternatives Scotts Miracle-Gro Alternatives Mativ Alternatives AdvanSix Alternatives Orion Alternatives NL Industries Alternatives 5E Advanced Materials Alternatives Trinseo 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 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuy alert: Move $1,000 before Tesla’s Optimus launchElon's $1,000,000,000,000 payday Elon Musk just made his biggest insider purchase of Tesla stock ever. 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