IPI vs. AVD, CF, MOS, SMG, SLCA, LEU, CMP, PLL, ATLX, and LGO
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), Centrus Energy (LEU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), and Largo (LGO).
Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
Intrepid Potash presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.28%. American Vanguard has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 107.13%. Given American Vanguard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Vanguard has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of American Vanguard shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of American Vanguard shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Intrepid Potash and Intrepid Potash both had 2 articles in the media. American Vanguard's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.03 indicating that American Vanguard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Vanguard has a net margin of 1.22% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -15.95%. American Vanguard's return on equity of 2.20% beat Intrepid Potash's return on equity.
Intrepid Potash received 12 more outperform votes than American Vanguard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.13% of users gave American Vanguard an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
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 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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