American Vanguard (AVD)

American Vanguard Corporation is a diversified specialty and agricultural products company that develops and markets products for crop protection and management, turf and ornamentals management and public and animal health. American Vanguard is included on the Russell 2000® & Russell 3000® Indexes and the Standard & Poors Small Cap 600 Index.

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

Mosaic • CF Industries • Scotts Miracle-Gro • CVR Partners • China Green Agriculture • Marrone Bio Innovations • Calyxt • Muliang Viagoo Technology • Bion Environmental • Kenongwo Group US ...

SEC CIK

0000005981

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

Underwriting Agreements

Indentures

Material Contracts & Credit Agreements

Subsidiaries Lists

Subsidiaries

AMVAC Chemical Corporation • GemChem, Inc. • 2110 Davie Corporation • AMVAC Chemical UK Ltd • AMVAC do Brasil Representácoes Ltda • Agroservicios Amvac, SA • Amvac Mexico • AMVAC de Costa Rica Srl • AVD International LLC • AMVAC Netherlands BV ...

IRS number

952588080

AVD stock data

1M 1Y 5Y

News

From Benzinga Pro

American Vanguard Q2 EPS $0.23 Beats $0.22 Estimate, Sales $148.00M Miss $148.35M Estimate

9 Aug 22

American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) reported quarterly earnings of $0.23 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.22 by 4.55 percent. This is a 35.29 percent increase over earnings of $0.17 per share from the

Earnings Scheduled For August 9, 2022

9 Aug 22

Companies Reporting Before The Bell • Cognition Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CGTX) is estimated to report earnings for its second quarter.

Cruiser Capital Sends Letter To American Vanguard Stockholders; Cruiser Capital Believes 'that With Proper Oversight AVD Can Be Worth $55-$60 Per Share By 2025'

25 May 22

Cruiser Capital Master Fund LP and its affiliates (“Cruiser Capital,” or “Cruiser”), a top ten shareholder of American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) (“American Vanguard,”

American Vanguard Sends Letter Urging Stockholders To Vote "For All" The Company's Highly Qualified And Experienced Director Nominees On The White Proxy Card

23 May 22

Cruiser Capital Comments On American Vanguard's Latest Entrenchment Tactic

19 May 22

Press releases

From Benzinga Pro

American Vanguard Schedules 2022 Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call for Tuesday, August 9th

2 Aug 22

American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD), today announced that it will report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 after the close of the stock market. Eric

American Vanguard Announces Voting Results of 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

6 Jun 22

Declares Quarterly Dividend American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD) announced voting results arising from the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 1, 2022. In a contested election, the nine nominees receiving the

American Vanguard Stockholders Decisively Elect All Three of Cruiser Capital's Nominees to Board

1 Jun 22

Vote Results Represent Clear Mandate for Company to Embrace Strategic and Operational Change Cruiser's Nominees Stand Ready to Begin Working Immediately with Other Directors to Help American Vanguard Fulfill its Full

Cruiser Capital Responds to Latest Attempt by American Vanguard to Mislead Stockholders

25 May 22

American Vanguard Calls on Cruiser Capital to Be Fully Transparent With Stockholders

25 May 22

Calendar

8 Aug 22

9 Aug 22

31 Dec 22

Financial summary

Financial statements Chart AVD financial data

Quarter (USD)	Jun 22	Mar 22	Dec 21	Sep 21
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Annual (USD)	Dec 21	Dec 20	Dec 19	Dec 18
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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
30 Jun 22	Donnelly Timothy	Common Stock	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	19.66	1,269	24.95K	86,060
30 Jun 22	Wintemute Eric G	Common Stock	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	19.66	7,803	153.41K	1,074,309
30 Jun 22	Anne Turnbough	Common Stock	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	19.66	486	9.55K	26,134
30 Jun 22	Johnson David` T.	Common Stock	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	19.66	1,463	28.76K	70,793
30 Jun 22	Trogele Ulrich	Common Stock	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	19.66	1,180	23.2K	161,119

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

Institutional ownership, Q1 2022

AVD institutional ownership history Ownership history

79.4% owned by funds/institutions

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	140	144	-2.8%
Opened positions	15	21	-28.6%
Closed positions	19	13	+46.2%
Increased positions	60	58	+3.4%
Reduced positions	49	42	+16.7%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	495.68M	1B	-50.5%
Total shares	24.46M	24.49M	-0.2%
Total puts	35.4K	105.4K	-66.4%
Total calls	23.6K	15.7K	+50.3%
Total put/call ratio	1.5	6.7	-77.7%

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
BLK Blackrock	4.61M	$93.71M	+1.2%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	2.31M	$46.99M	+1.4%
Vanguard	1.79M	$36.34M	+1.3%
TROW T. Rowe Price	1.47M	$29.85M	-18.9%
Wellington Management	1.43M	$29.13M	-2.8%
STT State Street	1.03M	$20.91M	+8.3%
JHG Janus Henderson	906.47K	$18.42M	-17.0%
IVZ Invesco	729.54K	$14.82M	+2.0%
AMP Ameriprise Financial	699.37K	$13.09M	+0.7%
Heartland Advisors	640.71K	$13.02M	+2.5%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
TROW T. Rowe Price	1.47M	-341.47K	-18.9%
Royce & Associates	350.51K	-295.23K	-45.7%
JHG Janus Henderson	906.47K	-185.42K	-17.0%
Cruiser Capital Advisors	219.78K	+173.26K	+372.5%
Rice Hall James & Associates	169.37K	+169.37K	NEW
Monarch Partners Asset Management	274.24K	+129.82K	+89.9%
Schroder Investment Management	346.72K	+120.33K	+53.2%
Assenagon Asset Management	51.51K	-88.38K	-63.2%
HRT Financial	0	-79.2K	EXIT
STT State Street	1.03M	+78.41K	+8.3%

Data from 13F filings, for the last complete 13F reporting period. For most recent data, click the ownership history button. Values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

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