American Vanguard (AVD) 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 risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVD or IPI?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Vanguard	Outperform Votes 292 60.96%	Underperform Votes 187 39.04%
Intrepid Potash	Outperform Votes 303 50.08%	Underperform Votes 302 49.92%

Does the media refer more to AVD or IPI?

In the previous week, American Vanguard had 10 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for American Vanguard and 0 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat American Vanguard's score of -0.03 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Vanguard	Neutral
Intrepid Potash	Neutral

Do analysts rate AVD or IPI?

American Vanguard presently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 175.48%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.79%. Given American Vanguard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	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

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%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AVD or IPI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Vanguard	$579.37M	0.30	$7.52M	-$1.03	-5.87
Intrepid Potash	$279.08M	1.28	-$35.67M	-$3.35	-8.12

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AVD or IPI?

American Vanguard has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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