AVD — American Vanguard Corporation

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About American Vanguard Corporation

American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets synthetic, biological, and biorational products for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. The company synthesizes and formulates chemicals and ferments and extracts microbial products for crops, turf, ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection, such as insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, soi… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$2.65
Market Cap$81.8M
Float26.7M
Shares Outstanding28.6M
P/E (Forward)15.08
Price/Sales (TTM)0.16
vs. Analyst Target+352.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-8.71%
Operating Margin (TTM)4.33%
Revenue (TTM)$523M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-17.60%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$12.00

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $459M $15.2M $173M $43.3M
2021 $558M $18.6M $171M $57.0M
2022 $610M $27.4M $241M $62.8M
2023 $579M $7.5M $179M $44.7M
2024 $547M -$126M $120M -$9.4M
2025 $515M -$49.9M $148M -$11.8M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $129M -$849,000
Sep 2025 $119M -$12.4M
Dec 2025 $151M -$28.2M
Mar 2026 $124M -$4.1M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership6.2%
Institutional Ownership67.8%
Short Float3.8%
% of All Funds Holding1.30%
Number of Funds Holding107

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$2.66Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$4.21Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$4.44Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$10.38Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$4.18Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$4.52Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$8.59Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$4.50 resistance 2.32x 1 months ago
$9.50 resistance 1.71x 20 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (111 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.16% 0.10% 53.15% 4.18% -2.87%
1 Day -0.18% 0.07% 51.35% 9.37% -13.58%
1 Week -0.69% -0.17% 46.85% 17.07% -27.48%
2 Weeks -0.04% -0.32% 48.65% 26.69% -32.83%
1 Month 1.97% 0.04% 50.00% 29.80% -30.67%

Next earnings: June 5, 2026 (8 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan4.6%56.4%39
Feb3.0%46.2%39
Mar5.3%56.4%39
Apr1.3%50.0%40
May-0.4%46.2%39
Jun0.4%46.2%39
Jul0.3%46.2%39
Aug0.5%51.3%39
Sep-3.2%33.3%39
Oct2.1%48.7%39
Nov2.1%51.3%39
Dec2.3%51.3%39

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 38.6% 1862
Tuesday 0.22% 40.8% 2027
Wednesday 0.07% 38.3% 2026
Thursday -0.02% 39.8% 1989
Friday 0.21% 41.2% 1977

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 67.8%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 6.2%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings5
Net Value-$7,144.6
Net Shares Change65,790
% of Float0.2%
C-Suite Filings3
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Gottschalk Patrick E +$184,900 2 2 buy
Eilers Peter Managing Director, AMVAC Netherlands BV -$32,100 1 1 sell
Kaye Douglas CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER +$24,955.4 2 2 buy

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-19 Gottschalk Patrick E +$67,500 Transaction at $2.70, now -1.9%
2026-05-14 Gottschalk Patrick E +$117,400 Transaction at $2.94, now -9.7%
2026-01-29 Kaye Douglas CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER +$15,615.4 Transaction at $3.26, now -18.7%
2025-06-12 Kaye Douglas CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER +$9,340 Transaction at $4.67, now -43.3%
2025-09-05 Eilers Peter Managing Director, AMVAC Netherlands BV -$32,100 Transaction at $5.35, now -50.5%

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