American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) vs Origin Agritech Limited (SEED)

American Vanguard Corporation and Origin Agritech Limited are both Agricultural Inputs companies. American Vanguard Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $56.9M against $11.2M — 5.1× the size. Origin Agritech Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 114.4% against −3.54%. American Vanguard Corporation has the higher net margin (−10.7% vs −63.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (−4.13% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Origin Agritech Limited leads on 9 and American Vanguard Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric AVD SEED Agricultural Inputs median
P/E n/m n/m 15.82
P/S 0.10 0.25 0.85
P/B 0.29 n/m 0.80
Price to free cash flow n/m 12.99 13.58
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 6.55
EV/Sales 0.54 1.03 1.07
Earnings yield (102.15%) (281.32%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (87.80%) 7.70% 2.54%

Profitability

Metric AVD SEED Agricultural Inputs median
Gross margin 29.38% 25.80% 30.83%
Operating margin (5.24%) 0.00% 0.30%
Net margin (10.70%) (63.40%) (7.81%)
Free cash flow margin (9.17%) 0.00% 1.46%
Return on equity (26.48%) 0.00% (2.64%)
Return on assets (8.48%) 0.00% (5.16%)
Return on invested capital (4.13%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AVD SEED Agricultural Inputs median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.54%) 114.44% 8.74%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 61.11% (317.39%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.35% 10.75% 3.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AVD SEED Agricultural Inputs median
Debt to equity 1.48 0.00 0.47
Current ratio 2.47 0.39 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA (21.18) 0.25 0.16

Dividend

Metric AVD SEED Agricultural Inputs median
Dividend yield 1.17% — 4.12%
Payout ratio 0.29 0.00 0.05

Size

Metric AVD SEED Agricultural Inputs median
Market cap 56.94m 11.17m 269.62m

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