American Vanguard (AVD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.08 to $6.39
• 50-Day Range: $5.10 to $6.45
• 52-Week Range: $4.95 to $14.28
• Volume: 263,066 shs
• Average Volume: 405,764 shs
• Market Capitalization: $178.21 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.94%
• Price Target: $16.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

American Vanguard Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

American Vanguard scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 65th out of 193 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

American Vanguard has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of American Vanguard is -6.01, 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 -6.01, 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 0.48. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.56% 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 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Vanguard has recently decreased by 9.31%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

American Vanguard pays a meaningful dividend of 1.95%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.56% 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 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Vanguard has recently decreased by 9.31%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.09

News Sentiment

American Vanguard has a news sentiment score of 1.09. 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 0.52 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for American Vanguard this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for AVD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -83% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added American Vanguard to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, American Vanguard insiders have bought 3,382.22% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $1,009,845.00 in company stock and sold $29,000.00 in 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.

AVD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AVD shares performed this year?

American Vanguard's stock was trading at $10.97 at the start of the year. Since then, AVD stock has decreased by 43.6% and is now trading at $6.19.
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How were American Vanguard's earnings last quarter?

American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $135.14 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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%.

Who are American Vanguard's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of American Vanguard include Wellington Management Group LLP (5.10%), Invenomic Capital Management LP (2.47%), State Street Corp (2.05%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.02%). 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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How do I buy shares of American Vanguard?

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.
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What other stocks do shareholders of American Vanguard own?

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: 11/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 3/13/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Agricultural chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AVD
• CUSIP: 03037110
• CIK: 5981
• Web: www.american-vanguard.com
• Phone: (949) 260-1200
• Fax: 949-260-1214
• Employees: 845
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $16.67
• High Stock Price Target: $20.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +169.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($1.03)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $7.52 million
• Net Margins: -5.22%
• Pretax Margin: -6.38%
• Return on Equity: -3.45%
• Return on Assets: -1.57%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.55
• Current Ratio: 1.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.79

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $579.37 million
• Price / Sales: 0.31
• Cash Flow: $1.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.83
• Book Value: $11.39 per share
• Price / Book: 0.54

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 28,790,000
• Free Float: 25,880,000
• Market Cap: $178.21 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88