After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NYSE-listed company operates within the Agricultural Inputs industry segment, falling under the Basic Materials sector. The current market capitalization of American Vanguard Corp is $146.24M. A total of 0.34 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 339.88K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Eilers Peter sold 3,000 shares of AVD for 5.35 per share on Dec 13 ’24. After the transaction, the insider now owns 38,177 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 13 ’24, Eilers Peter bought 3,000 shares at 5.25 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Macicek Steven D acquired of 12,000 shares on Nov 15 ’24 at a per-share price of $5.97. This resulted in the Director holding 31,218 shares of AVD after the transaction. In another insider transaction, ROSENBLOOM KEITH M bought 104,492 shares at $5.74 per share on Aug 30 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 1,168,682.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. AVD’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.39% when it declared a $0.03 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 6/26/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 3/27/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.11%. The AVD stock dividend was $0.03 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AVD has a high of $14.28 and a low of $4.26.
As of this writing, AVD has an earnings estimate of $0 per share for the current quarter.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. AVD’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $16.29M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $78.08M in debt and $223.06M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $11.46, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $372.74M.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AVD is Buy with a score of 5.00.
