American Vanguard (AVD) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.78 -0.02 (-0.63%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.80 +0.02 (+0.50%) As of 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock American Vanguard Short Interest DataAmerican Vanguard (AVD) has a short interest of 800,700 shares, representing 2.99% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -19.35% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.0, indicating that it would take 3.0 days of the average trading volume of 278,428 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest800,700 sharesPrevious Short Interest992,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-19.35%Dollar Volume Sold Short$3.51 millionShort Interest Ratio3.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares28,788,000 sharesFloat Size26,750,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.99%Today's Trading Volume139,862 sharesAverage Trading Volume278,428 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average50% Short Selling American Vanguard? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for American Vanguard and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAVD Short Interest Over TimeAVD Days to Cover Over TimeAVD Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads American Vanguard Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/2025800,700 shares $3.51 million -19.4%3.0%3 $4.39 3/15/2025992,800 shares $4.40 million -2.7%3.7%3.5 $4.44 2/28/20251,020,000 shares $5.25 million -3.8%3.8%3.7 $5.15 2/15/20251,060,000 shares $5.74 million -6.2%4.0%3.8 $5.42 1/31/20251,130,000 shares $7.01 million No Change4.2%3.3 $6.20 1/15/20251,130,000 shares $5.51 million +20.8%4.2%3.2 $4.88 12/31/2024935,600 shares $4.33 million +10.3%3.5%2.9 $4.63 12/15/2024848,300 shares $4.46 million +2.7%3.1%2.8 $5.26 11/30/2024826,000 shares $4.96 million +15.3%3.1%2.9 $6.01 11/15/2024716,700 shares $4.34 million +3.4%2.7%2.4 $6.05 Get the Latest News and Ratings for AVD and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for American Vanguard and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/2024693,400 shares $3.63 million -9.3%2.6%2.5 $5.23 10/15/2024764,600 shares $3.90 million -8.3%2.8%2.5 $5.11 9/30/2024833,600 shares $4.42 million +21.5%3.1%2.9 $5.30 9/15/2024686,100 shares $4.21 million -18.6%2.5%2.2 $6.13 8/31/2024843,200 shares $4.84 million -12.4%3.1%2.8 $5.74 8/15/2024962,000 shares $5.48 million +8.9%3.6%3.2 $5.70 7/31/2024883,100 shares $8.50 million -7.3%3.4%2.9 $9.62 7/15/2024953,100 shares $8.21 million +3.3%3.7%3.8 $8.61 6/30/2024922,800 shares $7.94 million +33.7%3.6%3.9 $8.60 6/15/2024690,200 shares $5.87 million -15.6%2.7%3.1 $8.51 5/31/2024818,100 shares $7.11 million -1.3%3.2%3.6 $8.69 5/15/2024829,100 shares $7.24 million -12.3%3.2%3.9 $8.74 4/30/2024944,800 shares $10.77 million +1.1%3.6%5.4 $11.40 4/15/2024934,400 shares $10.85 million +42.9%3.5%4.8 $11.61 3/31/2024654,100 shares $8.47 million -27.9%2.4%3.2 $12.95 3/15/2024906,600 shares $11.72 million -35.7%3.4%4.3 $12.93 2/29/20241,410,000 shares $15.12 million +15.6%5.3%6.3 $10.72 2/15/20241,220,000 shares $13.51 million +6.1%4.6%5 $11.07 1/31/20241,150,000 shares $12.56 million +4.6%4.3%3.9 $10.92 1/15/20241,100,000 shares $11.17 million +20.6%4.1%3.4 $10.15 12/31/2023912,200 shares $10.01 million -30.4%3.4%2.7 $10.97 12/15/20231,310,000 shares $14.41 million -1.5%4.9%2.7 $11.00 11/30/20231,330,000 shares $12.48 million +12.7%4.9%2.8 $9.38 11/15/20231,180,000 shares $11.29 million +29.9%4.4%2.6 $9.57 10/31/2023908,100 shares $8.50 million +51.3%3.3%2.1 $9.36 10/15/2023600,300 shares $6.09 million -31.3%2.2%1.5 $10.15 9/30/2023873,300 shares $9.55 million +69.6%3.2%2.3 $10.93 9/15/2023514,900 shares $6.39 million +31.8%1.9%2.3 $12.41 8/31/2023390,600 shares $5.40 million +0.6%1.4%1.7 $13.82 8/15/2023388,400 shares $5.82 million +47.6%1.4%1.8 $14.98The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? 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(Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 6/30/2021276,600 shares $4.84 million -7.2%1.0%2.3 $17.51 6/15/2021298,200 shares $5.38 million -19.0%1.1%2.6 $18.04 5/28/2021368,100 shares $6.77 million +2.2%1.4%3.2 $18.39 5/14/2021360,200 shares $6.98 million +16.6%1.3%3.1 $19.38 4/30/2021309,000 shares $6.22 million -4.5%1.2%2.5 $20.13 4/15/2021323,600 shares $6.51 million -18.6%1.2%3 $20.13 3/31/2021397,700 shares $8.14 million -13.8%1.5%3.7 $20.48 3/15/2021461,400 shares $10.31 million -4.0%1.8%4.4 $22.35 2/26/2021480,500 shares $9.54 million +6.9%1.8%4.8 $19.85 2/12/2021449,300 shares $8.55 million +4.8%1.7%4.6 $19.02 1/29/2021428,700 shares $7.30 million +14.9%1.6%4.5 $17.02 1/15/2021373,200 shares $6.59 million -5.7%1.4%4 $17.67 12/31/2020395,600 shares $6.18 million +3.8%1.5%4.7 $15.63 12/15/2020381,300 shares $6.21 million +9.9%1.4%4.5 $16.29 11/30/2020347,000 shares $5.41 million -5.4%1.3%4 $15.60 11/15/2020366,800 shares $5.30 million -6.3%1.4%4.3 $14.46 10/30/2020391,600 shares $5.29 million -5.6%1.5%4.4 $13.50 10/15/2020414,600 shares $6.01 million -19.3%1.6%4.7 $14.49 9/30/2020513,700 shares $6.75 million -1.1%1.9%5.8 $13.14 9/15/2020519,300 shares $7.71 million +2.0%2.0%5.3 $14.85 8/31/2020509,000 shares $7.20 million +3.1%1.9%5 $14.15 8/14/2020493,800 shares $7.17 million -14.7%1.9%4 $14.52 7/31/2020578,700 shares $7.79 million -8.2%2.2%4.2 $13.46 7/15/2020630,500 shares $8.58 million -11.7%2.4%4.5 $13.61 6/30/2020714,100 shares $9.73 million +24.8%2.7%5 $13.63 6/15/2020572,200 shares $7.03 million -19.1%2.2%4 $12.29 5/29/2020707,100 shares $9.40 million -21.1%2.7%4.8 $13.30 5/15/2020896,100 shares $11.12 million -14.7%3.4%6.5 $12.41 4/30/20201,050,000 shares $15.30 million -3.7%4.0%8.8 $14.57 AVD Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is American Vanguard's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of American Vanguard shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, investors have sold 800,700 shares of AVD short. 2.99% of American Vanguard's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on American Vanguard's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for American Vanguard? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. AVD shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on American Vanguard's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting American Vanguard? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of American Vanguard: Citadel Advisors LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for American Vanguard? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.99% of American Vanguard's floating shares are currently sold short. Is American Vanguard's short interest increasing or decreasing? American Vanguard saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 800,700 shares, a drop of 19.3% from the previous total of 992,800 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is American Vanguard's float size? American Vanguard currently has issued a total of 28,788,000 shares. Some of American Vanguard's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. American Vanguard currently has a public float of 26,750,000 shares. How does American Vanguard's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.99% of American Vanguard's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to American Vanguard: Intrepid Potash, Inc. (2.34%), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (5.29%), The Mosaic Company (2.63%), The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (7.00%), Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (4.21%), Cibus, Inc. (10.09%), Evogene Ltd. (0.45%), N2OFF, Inc. (0.98%), SenesTech, Inc. (11.98%), Nutrien Ltd. (4.39%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short American Vanguard stock? Short selling AVD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from American Vanguard as its price is falling. AVD shares are trading down $0.02 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against American Vanguard? A short squeeze for American Vanguard occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of AVD, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is American Vanguard's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including AVD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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