American Vanguard - AVD Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Vanguard in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AVD shares.
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American Vanguard's stock was trading at $16.39 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AVD shares have increased by 14.1% and is now trading at $18.70.
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American Vanguard saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 555,600 shares, a decline of 12.8% from the August 31st total of 637,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 275,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 14th 2022.
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American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. American Vanguard had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.20% and a net margin of 4.50%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.17 earnings per share.

American Vanguard announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.025 per share on Friday, October 7th. This represents a $0.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 22nd.
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American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.54%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 11.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AVD will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.13% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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.

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American Vanguard trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AVD."

American Vanguard's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.10%), Cruiser Capital Advisors LLC (2.49%), Northern Trust Corp (1.60%), Lapides Asset Management LLC (1.33%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.83%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.68%). Insiders that own company stock include David` T Johnson, Eric G Wintemute, Esmail Zirakparvar, Johann Venter, Peter Eilers, Peter Porpiglia, Scott Hendrix, Timothy Donnelly and Ulrich Trogele.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AVD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.70.

American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) has a market capitalization of $577.27 million and generates $556.87 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $18.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.90 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 804 workers across the globe.

American Vanguard's mailing address is 4695 MacArthur Court, Newport Beach CA, 92660. The official website for the company is www.american-vanguard.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (949) 260-1200, via email at lmortman@equityny.com, or via fax at 949-260-1214.