American Vanguard (AVD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Vanguard in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AVD shares.
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3 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for American Vanguard's shares. Their AVD share price targets range from $16.00 to $20.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $18.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 59.0% from the stock's current price.
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American Vanguard's stock was trading at $10.97 at the start of the year. Since then, AVD shares have increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $11.32.
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American Vanguard saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 654,100 shares, a decrease of 27.9% from the March 15th total of 906,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 206,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March, 14th. The basic materials company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.25. The basic materials company earned $172.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $172.70 million. American Vanguard had a net margin of 1.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.05%.

American Vanguard announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Wednesday, April 10th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.06%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 26th.
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American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.03%. The dividend payout ratio is 44.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Subversive Food Security ETF holds 1,126 shares of AVD stock, representing 3.31% of its portfolio.

American Vanguard updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $625.7 million-$648.9 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $614.0 million.

10 employees have rated American Vanguard Chief Executive Officer Eric Wintemute on Glassdoor.com. Eric Wintemute has an approval rating of 77% among the company's employees.

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American Vanguard's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include David` T Johnson, Eric G Wintemute, Keith M Rosenbloom, Patrick E Gottschalk, Peter Eilers, Peter Porpiglia, Timothy Donnelly and Ulrich Trogele.
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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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