News coverage about American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. American Vanguard Corporation earned a daily sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the basic materials company an impact score of 45.8874539650539 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near term.
Here are some of the media headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:
- Q3 2017 EPS Estimates for American Vanguard Corporation Increased by SunTrust Banks (AVD) (americanbankingnews.com)
- SunTrust Banks Comments on American Vanguard Corporation’s Q4 2017 Earnings (NYSE:AVD) (americanbankingnews.com)
- American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) & Syngenta AG (SYT) Head to Head Analysis (americanbankingnews.com)
- American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) Given a $22.00 Price Target at Roth Capital (americanbankingnews.com)
- Edited Transcript of AVD earnings conference call or presentation 31-Jul-17 8:30pm GMT (finance.yahoo.com)
A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on AVD shares. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of American Vanguard Corporation from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 9th. TheStreet raised American Vanguard Corporation from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research note on Friday, May 5th. BidaskClub cut American Vanguard Corporation from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 27th. Finally, Roth Capital set a $22.00 price target on American Vanguard Corporation and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $19.33.
American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) traded up 2.53% during midday trading on Friday, reaching $20.30. The company had a trading volume of 110,594 shares. The company has a market cap of $604.59 million, a PE ratio of 41.43 and a beta of 1.38. The company’s 50-day moving average is $17.96 and its 200 day moving average is $17.04. American Vanguard Corporation has a 52-week low of $14.20 and a 52-week high of $20.75.
American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $77.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $77.71 million. American Vanguard Corporation had a return on equity of 5.10% and a net margin of 4.56%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.11 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that American Vanguard Corporation will post $0.61 EPS for the current year.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 14th. Investors of record on Friday, June 30th were given a $0.015 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 28th. This represents a $0.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.30%. American Vanguard Corporation’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.00%.
In related news, insider David` T. Johnson sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.00, for a total value of $114,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 35,040 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $665,760. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 4.70% of the company’s stock.
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About American Vanguard Corporation
American Vanguard Corporation operates as a holding company. The Company conducts its business through its subsidiaries, AMVAC Chemical Corporation (AMVAC), GemChem, Inc (GemChem), 2110 Davie Corporation (DAVIE), Quimica Amvac de Mexico SA de C.V. (AMVAC M), AMVAC Mexico Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (AMVAC M Srl), AMVAC de Costa Rica Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (AMVAC CR Srl), AMVAC Switzerland GmbH (AMVAC S), AMVAC do Brasil Representacoes Ltda (AMVAC B), AMVAC C.V.
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