Intrepid Potash (IPI) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, AVD or IPI?

American Vanguard has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$254.69M	1.72	-$35.67M	-$16.48	-2.00

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%

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 49.75% 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 49.75%	Underperform Votes 306 50.25%

Does the media prefer AVD or IPI?

In the previous week, Intrepid Potash had 3 more articles in the media than American Vanguard. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Intrepid Potash and 2 mentions for American Vanguard. American Vanguard's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.99 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	2 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend AVD or IPI?

American Vanguard currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 228.25%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 36.21%. Given American Vanguard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Summary

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