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American Vanguard (AVD) Competitors

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$4.74 +0.15 (+3.27%)
(As of 12:21 PM ET)

AVD vs. IPI, CF, MOS, SMG, BIOX, CBUS, CGA, EVGN, SNES, and NITO

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), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Evogene (EVGN), SenesTech (SNES), and N2OFF (NITO).

American Vanguard vs.

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

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%

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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American Vanguard had 1 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for American Vanguard and 4 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat American Vanguard's score of -0.03 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Vanguard
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Intrepid Potash
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intrepid Potash received 11 more outperform votes than American Vanguard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.96% of users gave American Vanguard an outperform vote while only 50.08% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American VanguardOutperform Votes
292
60.96%
Underperform Votes
187
39.04%
Intrepid PotashOutperform Votes
303
50.08%
Underperform Votes
302
49.92%

American Vanguard currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 263.11%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.84%. Given American Vanguard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)
4 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

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
American Vanguard$553.84M0.24$7.52M-$1.03-4.46
Intrepid Potash$255.55M1.23-$35.67M-$3.35-7.11

American Vanguard has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVD vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican VanguardAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$132.14M$4.51B$2.74B$19.67B
Dividend Yield1.71%3.47%5.26%3.51%
P/E Ratio-4.4643.84118.1643.79
Price / Sales0.244.07899,166.1317.64
Price / Cash5.007.5523.4321.73
Price / Book0.360.883.405.46
Net Income$7.52M$340.44M$150.23M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-15.63%-3.43%-2.71%-2.32%
1 Month Performance-25.31%-0.68%4.99%0.63%
1 Year Performance-57.30%-33.25%20.30%16.39%

American Vanguard Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVD
American Vanguard
3.3069 of 5 stars
$4.74
+3.3%
$16.67
+251.6%
-58.2%$136.46M$553.84M-4.60845News Coverage
IPI
Intrepid Potash
2.0577 of 5 stars
$24.40
-3.0%
$21.00
-13.9%
+2.1%$321.18M$255.55M-7.51440
CF
CF Industries
3.8692 of 5 stars
$86.68
-3.2%
$90.38
+4.3%
+13.7%$15.08B$5.98B14.162,700
MOS
Mosaic
4.7972 of 5 stars
$25.89
-3.4%
$35.40
+36.7%
-30.5%$8.22B$11.46B23.7414,049Positive News
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
3.9838 of 5 stars
$73.23
-2.6%
$77.50
+5.8%
+19.1%$4.20B$3.55B-108.936,200
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
3.5491 of 5 stars
$6.77
+1.7%
$12.13
+79.1%
-49.7%$425.48M$441.27M344.50500Short Interest ↓
CBUS
Cibus
1.9979 of 5 stars
$3.92
-3.9%
$22.83
+482.5%
-75.5%$103.72M$1.82M-0.18183Short Interest ↑
CGA
China Green Agriculture
N/A$1.98
+0.5%
N/A-5.7%$29.28M$95.85M-0.98424Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
EVGN
Evogene
2.4858 of 5 stars
$1.32
-3.6%
$12.00
+809.1%
-81.5%$7.08M$7.48M-0.31140News Coverage
Positive News
SNES
SenesTech
3.252 of 5 stars
$3.47
-11.9%
$10.00
+188.2%
-36.9%$3.57M$1.19M0.0030Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NITO
N2OFF
0.7224 of 5 stars
$0.19
-4.0%
N/AN/A$2.18M$260,000.000.002Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:AVD) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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