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American Vanguard Corporation (AVD)

Basic Materials | Agricultural Inputs | Newport Beach, United States | NYSE
2.66 USD -0.02 (-0.746%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m. EDT

The investment case for American Vanguard is currently broken by a severe structural deterioration in its business model. The stock has suffered a catastrophic 75% decline over the last nine years, with the most recent three years showing consecutive annual losses. This is not a temporary setback; the company is burning cash, reporting negative free cash flow, and posting negative returns on equity and assets. Despite a recent spike in share price, the underlying fundamentals remain toxic, with negative earnings and a balance sheet weighed down by debt relative to equity. The recent insider buying offers a glimmer of hope, but it cannot offset the reality that the core business is failing to generate value. Furthermore, the dividend is a token payout of roughly 1% of the share price, offering no real income and likely unsustainable given the operating losses. On the trading front, options data confirms a bearish consensus, with heavy put writing suggesting investors are bracing for further drops. The statistical forecast model also leans slightly negative, aligning with the broader picture of weakness. Until the company demonstrates a sustained turnaround in profitability and cash generation, this remains a high-risk speculative vehicle rather than a viable investment.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.051895
AutoARIMA0.053982
MSTL_790.065676
MSTL_79_1050.069820
MSTL0.070278
MSTL_1050.073837
AutoTheta0.081195

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 0.78
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.290
Excess Kurtosis -0.96
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2024-06-25
Last Dividend Date 2024-06-25
Debt to Equity Ratio 149.321
Revenue per Share 18.334
Market Cap 76,091,688
Forward P/E 6.82
Beta 1.42
Profit Margins -8.71%
Website https://www.american-vanguard.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (320 contracts) compared to negligible call activity. While there is some speculative call volume at distant strikes ($5.00 and $7.50), the overwhelming sentiment is hedging against further declines rather than betting on a rally.

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2024-06-26 0.030000 0.339751
2024-03-26 0.030000 0.243309
2023-12-28 0.030000 0.269300
2023-09-21 0.030000 0.254237
2023-06-27 0.030000 0.170648
2023-03-23 0.030000 0.138185
2022-12-27 0.030000 0.136426
2022-09-22 0.025000 0.129534
2022-06-23 0.025000 0.121595
2022-03-24 0.025000 0.123153
2021-12-23 0.020000 0.130293
2021-09-30 0.020000 0.132890
2021-06-23 0.020000 0.117440
2021-03-24 0.020000 0.100503
2020-12-22 0.020000 0.129702
2020-03-25 0.020000 0.159236
2019-12-24 0.020000 0.103842
2019-10-02 0.020000 0.132013
2019-06-27 0.020000 0.133245
2019-03-26 0.020000 0.117578
2018-12-26 0.020000 0.136705
2018-10-02 0.020000 0.105152
2018-06-27 0.020000 0.087719
2018-03-28 0.020000 0.101266
2017-12-26 0.015000 0.076142
2017-10-04 0.015000 0.064103
2017-06-28 0.015000 0.085227
2017-03-29 0.015000 0.096463
2016-12-21 0.010000 0.052356
2016-10-26 0.010000 0.065789
2016-06-28 0.010000 0.069396
2015-03-31 0.020000 0.188324
2014-12-23 0.020000 0.171380
2014-10-06 0.050000 0.479386
2014-07-01 0.050000 0.373413
2014-04-02 0.050000 0.232450
2013-12-24 0.050000 0.212224
2013-10-02 0.050000 0.182749
2013-07-02 0.050000 0.214869
2013-04-03 0.070000 0.248403
2012-12-07 0.100000 0.313873
2012-09-26 0.070000 0.208831
2012-03-29 0.050000 0.234962
2011-09-27 0.050000 0.429185
2011-03-30 0.030000 0.346821
2010-09-22 0.020000 0.288184
2010-03-30 0.010000 0.124688
2009-09-23 0.010000 0.114025
2009-03-27 0.050000 0.386399
2008-09-24 0.030000 0.203666
2008-03-27 0.050000 0.299401
2007-09-26 0.030000 0.158562
2007-03-28 0.040000 0.244499
2006-09-27 0.030000 0.181598
2006-03-30 0.052500 0.234035
2005-09-28 0.022500 0.161725
2005-03-24 0.041250 0.264106
2004-09-29 0.018750 0.140410
2004-03-24 0.030000 0.271186
2003-10-01 0.012500 0.197628
2003-03-26 0.021667 0.550157
2002-10-02 0.008333 0.240954
2002-03-26 0.017500 0.593220
2001-10-03 0.007500 0.396040
2001-03-28 0.013750 0.940171
2000-10-04 0.005682 0.645182
2000-03-29 0.014773 1.704950
1999-04-06 0.006198 1.199933
1998-03-11 0.007231 0.811549
1997-03-18 0.006198 0.793344
1996-02-27 0.000620 0.061555
1988-02-02 0.004132 0.999944
1987-09-29 0.001653 0.400026
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2024-06-26
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.03
lastDividendDate 2024-06-26
dividendDate 2024-07-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.26721764
Address1 4,695 MacArthur Court
All Time High 37.51
All Time Low 0.206612
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 1,000
Audit Risk 10
Average Daily Volume10 Day 300,950
Average Daily Volume3 Month 360,452
Average Volume 360,452
Average Volume10Days 300,950
Beta 1.418
Bid 2.55
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 3
Book Value 6.524
City Newport Beach
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.66
Current Ratio 2.323
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 2.81
Day Low 2.65
Debt To Equity 149.321
Display Name American Vanguard
Dividend Date 1,720,569,600
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,099,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,099,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,441,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,441,600
Ebitda 30,212,000
Ebitda Margins 0.057779998
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.543
Enterprise To Revenue 0.551
Enterprise Value 288,319,680
Eps Forward 0.39
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.59
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,719,360,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 949 260 1214
Fifty Day Average 2.7654
Fifty Day Average Change -0.10539985
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.03811378
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -26.721764
Fifty Two Week High 5.92
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.26
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5506757
Fifty Two Week Low 2.05
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.61000013
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.29756105
Fifty Two Week Range 2.05 - 5.92
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 541,780,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.79
Float Shares 27,588,383
Forward Eps 0.39
Forward P E 6.8205132
Free Cashflow -18,048,750
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 739
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.29794002
Gross Profits 155,787,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.06705
Held Percent Institutions 0.67504996
Implied Shares Outstanding 28,605,895
Industry Agricultural Inputs
Industry Disp Agricultural Inputs
Industry Key agricultural-inputs
Ir Website http://www.american-vanguard.com/NewsMedia/InvestorPresentations/tabid/182/Default.aspx
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,719,360,000
Last Dividend Value 0.03
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,145,318,400
Last Split Factor 4:3
Long Business Summary 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, soil health, plant nutrition, molluscicides, growth regulators, soil fumigants, and biorationals in liquid, powder, and granular forms. It distributes its products through national distribution companies, buying groups, or co-operatives, as well as through sales offices, wholly owned distributors, sales force executives, and sales agents. American Vanguard Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.
Long Name American Vanguard Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 76,091,688
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_250532
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -45,565,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 76,091,680
Open 2.7
Operating Cashflow -36,057,000
Operating Margins 0.043309998
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.25
Phone 949 260 1200
Pre Market Change 0.089999914
Pre Market Change Percent 3.3834553
Pre Market Price 2.75
Pre Market Time 1,784,030,200
Previous Close 2.68
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.40772533
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.14552364
Profit Margins -0.087139994
Quick Ratio 1.366
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.02
Regular Market Change Percent -0.746268
Regular Market Day High 2.81
Regular Market Day Low 2.65
Regular Market Day Range 2.65 - 2.81
Regular Market Open 2.7
Regular Market Previous Close 2.68
Regular Market Price 2.66
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 198,932
Return On Assets 0.011089999
Return On Equity -0.21855
Revenue Growth 0.067
Revenue Per Share 18.334
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 28,605,895
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0083
Shares Short 238,225
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 916,978
Short Name American Vanguard Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0088
Short Ratio 0.42
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol AVD
Total Cash 70,914,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.479
Total Debt 283,142,016
Total Revenue 522,881,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.59
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.8931
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.2330999
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.31673986
Type Disp Equity
Volume 198,932
Website https://www.american-vanguard.com
Zip 92,660