NYSE:AVDAmerican Vanguard Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 (WHO). Since then, AVD stock has increased by 5.1% and is now trading at $14.99.
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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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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American Vanguard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.02. American Vanguard had a return on equity of 3.25% and a net margin of 2.41%.
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American Vanguard announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Thursday, April 16th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 25th.
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1 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for American Vanguard's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $19.00. On average, they anticipate American Vanguard's share price to reach $19.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.8% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about AVD stock has trended very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Vanguard earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.
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American Vanguard saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 630,500 shares, a decrease of 11.7% from the July 15th total of 714,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 141,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Lapides Asset Management LLC (0.88%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.66%), WINTON GROUP Ltd (0.46%), RMB Capital Management LLC (0.29%), Swiss National Bank (0.21%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.18%). Company insiders that own American Vanguard stock include Eric G Wintemute, Esmail Zirakparvar, John L Killmer, John Rizzi 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., Trust Co. of Virginia VA, UBS Group AG, Principal Financial Group Inc., Texas Permanent School Fund, and RMB Capital Management LLC.
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AVD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WINTON GROUP Ltd, Lapides Asset Management LLC, Swiss National Bank, SG Americas Securities LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Comerica Bank, and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought American Vanguard stock in the last two years include Eric G Wintemute, Esmail Zirakparvar, John L Killmer, 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.99.

American Vanguard has a market capitalization of $452.10 million and generates $468.19 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $13.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.46 on an earnings per share basis. American Vanguard employs 624 workers across the globe.

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

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]