American Vanguard Corp. (AVD): Price and Financial Metrics

American Vanguard Corp. (AVD): $11.69

1.21 (-9.38%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

D

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Chemicals

Industry

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AVD Price/Volume Stats

Current price $11.69 52-week high $22.58
Prev. close $12.90 52-week low $8.41
Day low $11.57 Volume 425,100
Day high $12.90 Avg. volume 214,768
50-day MA $10.71 Dividend yield 1.13%
200-day MA $12.61 Market Cap 336.09M

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AVD POWR Grades

  • Value is the dimension where AVD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 73.86% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for AVD is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • AVD's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 19.79% of US stocks).

AVD Stock Summary

  • AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP's stock had its IPO on June 22, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.47% of US equities in our set.
  • With a price/earnings ratio of 69.06, AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP P/E ratio is greater than that of about 90.76% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
  • Of note is the ratio of AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.34% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
  • Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP are LCII, YETI, MAT, HLNE, and HURC.
  • AVD's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP's official web site, go to www.american-vanguard.com.

AVD Valuation Summary

  • In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, AVD's EV/EBIT ratio is 173.88% higher, now standing at 36.7.
  • AVD's price/sales ratio has moved down 1.4 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AVD.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
AVD 2023-12-29 0.6 0.9 71.1 36.7
AVD 2023-12-28 0.6 0.9 72.2 37.0
AVD 2023-12-27 0.6 0.9 72.5 37.1
AVD 2023-12-26 0.6 0.9 72.9 37.3
AVD 2023-12-22 0.6 0.9 72.6 37.2
AVD 2023-12-21 0.6 0.9 72.4 37.1

AVD Growth Metrics

    Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -24.03%.
  • Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 221.81%.
  • Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 29.61%.
Over the past 67 months, AVD's revenue has gone up $295,133,000.

The table below shows AVD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 608.445 40.857 28.38
2022-06-30 603.626 78.035 27.137
2022-03-31 590.152 86.646 25.451
2021-12-31 556.872 86.361 18.587
2021-09-30 538.811 69.827 21.621
2021-06-30 508.952 64.606 19.05

AVD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • AVD has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 59.91% of graded US stocks.
  • AVD's asset turnover comes in at 0.727 -- ranking 34th of 89 Chemicals stocks.
  • CC, ICL, and ASIX are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AVD.

The table below shows AVD's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.727 0.376 0.067
2021-03-31 0.702 0.374 0.064
2020-12-31 0.682 0.376 0.054
2020-09-30 0.669 0.376 0.042
2020-06-30 0.679 0.379 0.047
2020-03-31 0.690 0.375 0.045

AVD Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of AVD, see our AVD price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $23.50 Average Broker Recommendation 1.5 (Moderate Buy)

American Vanguard Corp. (AVD) Company Bio


American Vanguard Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Newport Beach, California.


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American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.03

American Vanguard Corporation ( NYSE:AVD ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.03 per share on the 12th of...

Yahoo | December 18, 2023

American Vanguard Declares Quarterly Dividend

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 15, 2023--American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend in the amount of $0.03 per share of the company’s common stock to shareholders of record as of December 29, 2023, for distribution on January 12, 2024.

Yahoo | December 15, 2023

American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

If you're not sure where to start when looking for the next multi-bagger, there are a few key trends you should keep an...

Yahoo | December 6, 2023

American Vanguard Hires Chief Transformation Officer

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 04, 2023--American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD) announces that it has hired Don Gualdoni to the newly-created position of Chief Transformation Officer. Mr. Gualdoni brings to this assignment over 25 years’ experience in various leadership roles during which he has led several large, complex transformation projects. He joins us most recently from Teradata (a San Diego-based software company) and was formerly with McKinsey & Company.

Yahoo | December 4, 2023

COO & Executive VP of American Vanguard Picks Up 6.4% More Stock

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Ulrich Trogele, the COO & Executive VP of American...

Yahoo | November 22, 2023

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AVD Price Returns

1-mo 4.66%
3-mo 5.41%
6-mo -1.25%
1-year -44.42%
3-year -43.45%
5-year -33.24%
YTD 6.56%
2023 -49.05%
2022 33.13%
2021 6.11%
2020 -20.06%
2019 28.81%

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