American Vanguard Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Vanguard in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" American Vanguard stock.
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American Vanguard saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 742,300 shares, an increase of 129.3% from the August 15th total of 323,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 161,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.6 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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American Vanguard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 8th 2021.
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American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, August, 8th. The basic materials company reported $0.17 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.07. The basic materials company had revenue of $134.61 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $117.50 million. American Vanguard had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.31% and a net margin of 3.74%.
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American Vanguard's stock was trading at $14.26 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AVD stock has increased by 6.3% and is now trading at $15.16.
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American Vanguard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 1st will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, October 15th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 30th.
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American Vanguard pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.53%. American Vanguard does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of American Vanguard is 15.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Vanguard will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.84% next year. This indicates that American Vanguard will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for American Vanguard's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate American Vanguard's share price to reach $23.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 55.0% from the stock's current price.
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10 employees have rated American Vanguard CEO Eric Wintemute on Glassdoor.com. Eric Wintemute has an approval rating of 77% among American Vanguard'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 BlackRock Inc. (14.63%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.25%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.86%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.69%), State Street Corp (2.86%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.67%). Company insiders that own American Vanguard stock include David` T Johnson, Esmail Zirakparvar, Johann Venter, Peter Porpiglia, Scott Hendrix, Timothy Donnelly and Ulrich Trogele.
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AVD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Vanguard Group Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp DE, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Legal & General Group Plc, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold American Vanguard company stock in the last year include Johann Venter, Peter Porpiglia, and Scott Hendrix.
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AVD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Kennedy Capital Management Inc., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Jefferies Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought American Vanguard stock in the last two years include Esmail Zirakparvar, and Ulrich Trogele.
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Shares of AVD 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 $15.16.

American Vanguard has a market capitalization of $468.11 million and generates $458.70 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $15.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.51 on an earnings per share basis.

American Vanguard employs 771 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Vanguard is www.american-vanguard.com.

American Vanguard is headquartered at 4695 MacArthur Court, Newport Beach CA, 92660.

American Vanguard's mailing address is 4695 MacArthur Court, Newport Beach CA, 92660. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (949) 260-1200 or via email at [email protected].