American Vanguard Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AVD)

American Vanguard's stock was trading at $21.71 at the start of the year. Since then, AVD stock has decreased by 54.0% and is now trading at $9.99.
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American Vanguard saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,180,000 shares, an increase of 29.9% from the October 31st total of 908,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 456,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 4.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 11th 2024.
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American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 8th. The basic materials company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The basic materials company had revenue of $149.52 million for the quarter. American Vanguard had a net margin of 0.78% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.21%.

American Vanguard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 12th. Investors of record on Friday, September 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, October 6th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 21st.
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American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.20%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 75.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, AVD will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.65% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) stock in their portfolio include Subversive Food Security ETF (KCAL) and Gabelli Love Our Planet & People ETF (LOPP).Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM).

10 employees have rated American Vanguard Chief Executive Officer Eric Wintemute on Glassdoor.com. Eric Wintemute has an approval rating of 77% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Vanguard investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), CF Industries (CF), Altria Group (MO), Pfizer (PFE), Gilead Sciences (GILD), International Business Machines (IBM), Intel (INTC), Nutrien (NTR), AT&T (T) and Wells Fargo & Company (wfc).

American Vanguard's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wellington Management Group LLP (5.61%), Cruiser Capital Advisors LLC (3.37%), Heartland Advisors Inc. (2.13%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.11%), Cruiser Capital Advisors LLC (1.90%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (1.88%). Insiders that own company stock include David` T Johnson, Eric G Wintemute, Johann Venter, Keith M Rosenbloom, Patrick E Gottschalk, Peter Eilers, Peter Porpiglia, Scott Hendrix, Timothy Donnelly and Ulrich Trogele.
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