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American Vanguard (AVD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$4.18 -0.08 (-1.88%)
Closing price 05/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$4.15 -0.03 (-0.72%)
As of 05/23/2025 04:04 PM Eastern
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About American Vanguard Stock (NYSE:AVD)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$4.13
$4.30
50-Day Range
$3.45
$4.99
52-Week Range
$3.28
$9.84
Volume
156,121 shs
Average Volume
269,249 shs
Market Capitalization
$120.33 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
0.72%
Price Target
$14.00
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. It manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, soil health, plant nutrition, molluscicides, growth regulators, soil fumigants, and biorationals in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. The company also markets, sells, and distributes end-use chemical and biological products for crop applications; and distributes chemicals for turf and ornamental markets. It 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.

American Vanguard Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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56th Percentile Overall Score

AVD MarketRank™: 

American Vanguard scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 112th out of 185 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    American Vanguard has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    American Vanguard has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about American Vanguard's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of American Vanguard is -4.06, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of American Vanguard is -4.06, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    American Vanguard has a P/B Ratio of 0.32. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about American Vanguard's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.01% of the float of American Vanguard has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    American Vanguard has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in American Vanguard has recently increased by 6.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    American Vanguard has a dividend yield of 0.73%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    American Vanguard does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Read more about American Vanguard's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.01% of the float of American Vanguard has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    American Vanguard has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in American Vanguard has recently increased by 6.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    American Vanguard has a news sentiment score of 1.73. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for American Vanguard this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    5 people have searched for AVD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    2 people have added American Vanguard to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, American Vanguard insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    10.10% of the stock of American Vanguard is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    79.04% of the stock of American Vanguard is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about American Vanguard's insider trading history.
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AVD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

American Vanguard's stock was trading at $4.63 at the start of the year. Since then, AVD stock has decreased by 9.7% and is now trading at $4.18.
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American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $135.14 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $141.20 million. American Vanguard had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.45% and a negative net margin of 5.22%.
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Top institutional shareholders of American Vanguard include Wellington Management Group LLP (5.35%), Cove Street Capital LLC (3.89%), Invenomic Capital Management LP (1.93%) and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (1.85%). Insiders that own company stock include Keith M Rosenbloom, Eric G Wintemute, Ulrich Trogele, Timothy Donnelly, David` T Johnson, Patrick E Gottschalk, Peter Eilers and Steven D Macicek.
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Shares of AVD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that American Vanguard investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), Broadcom (AVGO) and First Solar (FSLR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
5/09/2024
Today
5/25/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
8/06/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Agricultural chemicals
Sub-Industry
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals
Current Symbol
NYSE:AVD
CIK
5981
Employees
800
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$14.00
High Stock Price Target
$14.00
Low Stock Price Target
$14.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+234.9%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
1 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$7.52 million
Pretax Margin
-6.38%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$553.84 million
Cash Flow
$0.86 per share
Price / Cash Flow
4.85
Book Value
$12.87 per share
Price / Book
0.32

Miscellaneous

Free Float
25,880,000
Market Cap
$120.33 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.24

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This page (NYSE:AVD) was last updated on 5/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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