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AVD vs. CF, MOS, SMG, IPI, GPRE, MATV, NL, TSE, FEAM, and LIN

Should you be buying American Vanguard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Vanguard include CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Green Plains (GPRE), Mativ (MATV), NL Industries (NL), Trinseo (TSE), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), and Linde (LIN).

American Vanguard vs. Its Competitors

American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

American Vanguard has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

79.0% of American Vanguard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of American Vanguard shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CF Industries has a net margin of 21.80% compared to American Vanguard's net margin of -25.83%. CF Industries' return on equity of 17.39% beat American Vanguard's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Vanguard-25.83% -23.99% -9.66%
CF Industries 21.80%17.39%9.82%

CF Industries has higher revenue and earnings than American Vanguard. American Vanguard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CF Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Vanguard$547.31M0.21-$126.34M-$4.86-0.85
CF Industries$5.94B2.68$1.22B$7.5912.36

American Vanguard presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 188.81%. CF Industries has a consensus price target of $91.79, indicating a potential downside of 2.13%. Given American Vanguard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than CF Industries.

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
CF Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, CF Industries had 7 more articles in the media than American Vanguard. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CF Industries and 1 mentions for American Vanguard. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat American Vanguard's score of 0.00 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Vanguard
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CF Industries
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

CF Industries beats American Vanguard on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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AVD vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican VanguardCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$117.15M$16.05B$3.28B$20.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.01%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio-0.8518.3291.9528.09
Price / Sales0.213.2027,091,750,169,140,100.0038.30
Price / CashN/A13.5023.8922.53
Price / Book0.513.215.894.58
Net Income-$126.34M$421.06M$147.76M$986.06M
7 Day Performance5.46%4.52%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance-14.51%7.07%4.72%5.46%
1 Year Performance-49.76%13.86%24.94%15.06%

American Vanguard Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVD
American Vanguard
3.1842 of 5 stars
$4.16
+3.1%
$12.00
+188.8%
-50.6%$117.15M$547.31M-0.85800
CF
CF Industries
3.986 of 5 stars
$91.93
+1.0%
$91.79
-0.2%
+34.0%$15.43B$5.94B12.112,800Positive News
MOS
Mosaic
4.1562 of 5 stars
$36.49
+3.3%
$34.58
-5.2%
+35.3%$11.20B$11.12B31.4613,765Positive News
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SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.174 of 5 stars
$65.96
+0.3%
$67.67
+2.6%
+7.9%$3.79B$3.55B131.926,200Positive News
IPI
Intrepid Potash
0.6578 of 5 stars
$35.74
+1.4%
$19.00
-46.8%
+57.1%$469.42M$254.69M-2.25440
GPRE
Green Plains
3.2768 of 5 stars
$6.03
+1.5%
$11.93
+97.8%
-54.2%$388.47M$2.46B-3.57900Positive News
MATV
Mativ
4.7072 of 5 stars
$6.83
-2.1%
$10.00
+46.4%
-54.1%$380.53M$1.98B-0.835,100Positive News
NL
NL Industries
1.2735 of 5 stars
$6.47
+1.1%
$6.00
-7.3%
+11.1%$312.63M$145.90M5.182,820Positive News
High Trading Volume
TSE
Trinseo
0.5362 of 5 stars
$3.14
-8.7%
N/A+42.3%$122.64M$3.51B-0.322,950
FEAM
5E Advanced Materials
2.2611 of 5 stars
$3.52
-7.9%
$121.00
+3,337.5%
-87.0%$76.47MN/A-0.2220Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LIN
Linde
3.3533 of 5 stars
$469.18
+1.2%
$515.90
+10.0%
+9.9%$218.32B$33.01B34.0765,289Positive News

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