American Vanguard Corp (NYSE: AVD) on Friday, soared 1.20% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $5.02. Within the past 52 weeks, AVD’s price has moved between $4.26 and $14.28.
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A company in the Basic Materials sector has jumped its sales by 5.98% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -515.38%. With a float of $27.04 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $28.61 million.
In an organization with 845 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 26.87%, operating margin of -3.51%, and the pretax margin is -6.38%.
American Vanguard Corp (AVD) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Agricultural Inputs industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of American Vanguard Corp is 6.06%, while institutional ownership is 74.13%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 13 ’24, was worth 16,050. In this transaction an insider of this company sold 3,000 shares at a rate of $5.35, taking the stock ownership to the 38,177 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 13 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 3,000 for $5.25, making the entire transaction worth $15,750.
American Vanguard Corp (AVD) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -515.38% per share during the next fiscal year.
American Vanguard Corp (NYSE: AVD) Trading Performance Indicators
American Vanguard Corp (AVD) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.79 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.26. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 3.06.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.03, a number that is poised to hit 0.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.45 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of American Vanguard Corp (AVD)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.38 million. That was better than the volume of 0.36 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 84.64%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.25.
During the past 100 days, American Vanguard Corp’s (AVD) raw stochastic average was set at 33.88%, which indicates a significant decrease from 85.52% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.96% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 44.29% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.34, while its 200-day Moving Average is $7.35. However, in the short run, American Vanguard Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $5.18. Second resistance stands at $5.27. The third major resistance level sits at $5.36. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $4.99, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.90. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $4.81.
American Vanguard Corp (NYSE: AVD) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 146.24 million based on 28,788K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 579,370 K and income totals 7,520 K. The company made 118,310 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -25,740 K in sales during its previous quarter.
