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AVD vs CF

Side-by-side comparison of American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) and CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both AVD and CF operate in Agricultural Chemicals (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CF is the larger of the two at $17.44B, about 191.4x AVD ($91.1M).
  • Over the past year, AVD is down 40.2% and CF is up 22.2% - CF leads by 62.4 points.
  • AVD has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for CF).
  • CF has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 1 for AVD).
PerformanceAVD-40.20%CF+22.22%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricAVDCF
Company
American Vanguard Corporation
CF Industries Holdings Inc.
Price
$2.67+7.01%
$113.47-3.45%
Market cap
$91.1M
$17.44B
1M return
-7.93%
-5.37%
1Y return
-40.20%
+22.22%
Industry
Agricultural Chemicals
Agricultural Chemicals
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1998
2005
News (4w)
12
3
Recent ratings
1
25
AVD

American Vanguard Corporation

American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. The company manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides, growth regulators, and soil fumigants in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. It also markets, sells, and distributes end-use chemical and biological products for crop applications; and distributes chemicals for turf and ornamental markets. The company distributes its products through national distribution companies, and buying groups or co-operatives; and through sales offices, sales force executives, sales agents, and wholly owned distributors. American Vanguard Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

CF

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. manufactures and sells hydrogen and nitrogen products for clean energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial applications worldwide. Its principal products include anhydrous ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate, and ammonium nitrate products. The company also offers diesel exhaust fluid, urea liquor, nitric acid, and aqua ammonia products; and compound fertilizer products with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It primarily serves cooperatives, independent fertilizer distributors, traders, wholesalers, and industrial users. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

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