IPI vs. AVD, CF, MOS, SMG, SLCA, UUUU, LEU, CMP, PLL, and ATLX
Should you be buying Intrepid Potash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intrepid Potash include American Vanguard (AVD), CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Centrus Energy (LEU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), and Atlas Lithium (ATLX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) and Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Intrepid Potash received 11 more outperform votes than American Vanguard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.22% of users gave American Vanguard an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
American Vanguard currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 74.34%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.66%. Given Intrepid Potash's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
American Vanguard has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Vanguard had 2 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for American Vanguard and 6 mentions for Intrepid Potash. American Vanguard's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.41 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by 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.
American Vanguard has a net margin of 1.22% compared to American Vanguard's net margin of -15.95%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of 2.20% beat American Vanguard's return on equity.
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.
Summary
American Vanguard beats Intrepid Potash on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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