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

AVD POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where AVD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 92.66% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AVD is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• AVD's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 62.7% of US stocks).

AVD Stock Summary

• American Vanguard Corp's stock had its IPO on June 22, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.23% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of American Vanguard Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 95.89% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -34.83%, American Vanguard Corp's debt growth rate surpasses only 11.65% of about US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to American Vanguard Corp are SMP, CLFD, LYTS, MYRG, and GNE.
• 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 price/sales ratio is 43.75% lower, now standing at 0.9.
• AVD's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.4 over the prior 243 months.
• AVD's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 15.5 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AVD.

AVD Growth Metrics

Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 19.56%.
• The 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -15.9%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 74.19%.

AVD's revenue has moved up $107,032,000 over the prior 34 months.

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
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
2021-03-31	478.897	70.544	17.793
2020-12-31	458.704	89.198	15.242
2020-09-30	448.478	50.284	10.77

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.