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American Vanguard Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the development and marketing of specialty and agricultural products for crop protection and management, turf and ornamentals management, and public and animal health. It also acquires and licenses both new and well-established product lines that serve numerous market niches. The Company was founded by Herbert A. Kraft and Glenn A. Wintemute in January 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Company profile

Ticker

AVD

Exchange

NYSE

Website

www.american-vanguard.com/

CEO

Eric Wintemute

Incorporated

Delaware

Location

California

Fiscal year end

Dec 31

Sector

Manufacturing > Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing

Industry (SIC)

Agricultural Chemicals

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SEC CIK

0000005981

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

IRS number

952588080

AVD stock data

S&P 500

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News

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Understanding American Vanguard's Ex-Dividend Date

23 Mar 21

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12 Mar 21

Before 10 a.m. ET on Friday, 571 companies hit new 52-week highs.

American Vanguard Q4 EPS $0.26 Beats $0.22 Estimate, Sales $141.00M Miss $144.55M Estimate

11 Mar 21

American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) reported quarterly earnings of $0.26 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.22 by 18.18 percent. This is a 116.67 percent increase over earnings of $0.12 per share from the

Stocks That Hit 52-Week Highs On Thursday

11 Mar 21

Earnings Scheduled For March 11, 2021

11 Mar 21

Press releases

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American Vanguard / AMVAC Announce Strategic Integration of Non-crop Specialty Businesses

6 Apr 21

American Vanguard / AMVAC bring OHP Inc. subsidiary into AMVAC Environmental Products to create a unified non-crop business entity within AVD American Vanguard® Corporation (NYSE:AVD) and its subsidiary

American Vanguard Declares Quarterly Dividend

15 Mar 21

American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a $0.02 cash dividend payment to be distributed on April 15, 2021 to shareholders of record as of March 25, 2021. Eric Wintemute,

American Vanguard Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2020 Results

11 Mar 21

American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020. Fiscal 2020 Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights – versus Fiscal 2019 Fourth

American Vanguard Schedules 2020 Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call for Thursday, March 11th

9 Mar 21

Calendar

31 Mar 21

12 Apr 21

31 Dec 21

Financial summary

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Annual (USD)	Dec 20	Dec 19	Dec 18	Dec 17
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Financial data from company earnings reports.

Recent insider trades

AVD insider ownership history Insider history

Date	Owner	Security	Transaction	Code	Indirect	10b5-1	$Price	#Shares	$Value	#Remaining
22 Jan 21	Wintemute Eric G	Common Stock	Gift	Dispose G	No	No	0	15,000	0	1,042,952
4 Dec 20	Venter Johann	Common Stock	Option exercise	Aquire M	No	No	7.5	5,000	37.5K	46,951
4 Dec 20	Venter Johann	Common Stock	Sell	Dispose S	No	No	15.71	2,440	38.33K	41,951
4 Dec 20	Venter Johann	OPTION TO BUY Common Stock	Option exercise	Dispose M	No	No	7.5	5,000	37.5K	0
3 Dec 20	Hendrix Scott	Common Stock	Option exercise	Aquire M	No	No	7.5	11,000	82.5K	45,981
3 Dec 20	Hendrix Scott	Common Stock	Sell	Dispose S	No	No	15.3	5,410	82.77K	34,981
3 Dec 20	Hendrix Scott	OPTION TO BUY Common Stock	Option exercise	Dispose M	No	No	7.5	11,000	82.5K	0
13 Nov 20	Hendrix Scott	Common Stock	Grant	Aquire A	No	No	0	6,916	0	40,391
13 Nov 20	Hendrix Scott	Common Stock	Grant	Aquire A	No	No	0	6,916	0	33,475
13 Nov 20	Donnelly Timothy	Common Stock	Grant	Aquire A	No	No	0	6,916	0	73,165

Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price.

Institutional ownership Q4 2020

AVD institutional ownership history Ownership history

Data for the last complete 13F reporting period. To see the most recent changes to ownership, click the ownership history button above.

74.9% owned by funds/institutions

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	109	110	-0.9%
Opened positions	9	7	+28.6%
Closed positions	10	11	-9.1%
Increased positions	32	32	–
Reduced positions	48	41	+17.1%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	470.24M	405.64M	+15.9%
Total shares	23.14M	23.14M	+0.0%
Total puts	0	0
Total calls	0	0
Total put/call ratio	–	–	–

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
BLK Blackrock	4.26M	$66.09M	+3.6%
Vanguard	2.79M	$43.26M	-1.5%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	2.48M	$38.43M	-1.5%
TROW T. Rowe Price	2.06M	$31.95M	+0.5%
JHG Janus Henderson	1.43M	$22.26M	-4.1%
Wellington Management	1.42M	$22.02M	-3.8%
STT State Street	858.27K	$13.34M	-2.3%
NTRS Northern Trust	724.18K	$11.24M	-1.3%
Heartland Advisors	713.19K	$11.07M	-6.8%
Royce & Associates	594.46K	$9.23M	+108.9%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
Royce & Associates	594.46K	+309.96K	+108.9%
Penn Capital Management	125.77K	-259.53K	-67.4%
BLK Blackrock	4.26M	+147.31K	+3.6%
ArrowMark Colorado	0	-72.31K	EXIT
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management	330.22K	+62.41K	+23.3%
JHG Janus Henderson	1.43M	-61.61K	-4.1%
Wellington Management	1.42M	-56.24K	-3.8%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	102.68K	+52.69K	+105.4%
Heartland Advisors	713.19K	-51.93K	-6.8%
IVZ Invesco	110.96K	+48.51K	+77.7%

Data from 13F filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

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