Intrepid Potash (IPI) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$553.84M	0.32	$7.52M	-$1.03	-6.01
Intrepid Potash	$279.08M	1.25	-$35.67M	-$3.35	-7.90

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer AVD or IPI?

American Vanguard currently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 169.25%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 20.63%. Given American Vanguard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	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

Does the media favor AVD or IPI?

In the previous week, American Vanguard had 4 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for American Vanguard and 1 mentions for Intrepid Potash. American Vanguard's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.00 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intrepid Potash	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 more volatility & risk, AVD or IPI?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Summary

American Vanguard beats Intrepid Potash on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.