AVD
SinkerAmerican Vanguard Corporation · Basic Materials · United States · $60M cap · $483K/day traded
$0.9013 +2.4% · close 12 Nov · scored 13 Nov
Sinker: Weak business, rich price and weak momentum. Nothing here to keep it afloat.
As of 13 Nov 2026, the MoatMap Score for American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) is 13/100, ranked against 25,000+ stocks in 38 markets (Quality 36, Value 48, Momentum 6, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION
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American Vanguard Corporation is a diversified specialty chemical company that develops, manufactures, and markets agricultural and specialty products for crop protection, turf management, and public health. The company operates a niche strategy, focusing on off-patent active ingredients and proprietary delivery systems like the SmartBox closed-application system. AVD's competitive moat is sustained by its extensive portfolio of EPA-registered products and its specialized manufacturing capabilities.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 609.6M | 579.4M | 547.3M | 515.1M | -5.5% | 510.3M |
| EPS | 0.94 | 0.27 | -4.50 | -1.75 | -71.3% | -1.91 |
| Shares | 29.4M | 28.8M | 28.9M | 29.0M | -1.4% | 29.5M |
| Debt | 76.2M | 162.1M | 167.8M | 191.4M | 35.9% | 284.1M |
| Equity | 370.0M | 370.0M | 233.1M | 192.4M | -19.6% | — |
| Op CF | 57.1M | -58.7M | 3.9M | -21.2M | -73.8% | -41.8M |
| Inv CF | -14.5M | -17.0M | -6.6M | -3.6M | — | — |
| Fin CF | -38.3M | 66.7M | 4.5M | 23.7M | — | — |
Made a new 52-week low 1 trading day ago, 84% below its 52-week high. The fall has not stopped yet.
Swung more than 84% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 72% a year).
How this is worked out
The Price check reads only the chart, the price side of the Momentum score in words; it is not the MoatMap Score.
- Still falling (this stock): It set a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, after a deep fall.
- Finding a floor: It fell hard, but has set no new low for more than two weeks.
- Turning up: It has climbed off its low and is back above a rising 50-day average.
- In an uptrend: It is near its 52-week high and above its 200-day average.
- No clear trend: None of the above: no recent deep fall and no steady climb.
- No read yet: Not enough price history yet: it needs a year of trading.
In past US falls, waiting for Turning up cut the chance of another 20% drop from 42% to 33%. Returns were no better, and 33% of turns failed.
The exact rules
Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high, with the low set after the high. Finding a floor is the same fall with no new low in the last two weeks. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average, with the 50-day average above the 200-day, and within 15% of the high. No clear trend is everything else. No read yet is under 252 trading days of history, or missing data. A new state shows once it has held for three trading days.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Basic Materials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of AVD are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVD | American Vanguard Corporation(you) | $60M | 13 |
| FMC | FMC Corporation | $786M | 13 |
| IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | $420M | 55 |
| IFOS.V | Itafos Inc. | $280M | 64 |
| XPL | Solitario Resources Corp. | $61M | 9 |
| LCU | Lion Copper Corp. | $64M | 16 |
| WWR | Westwater Resources, Inc. | $53M | 15 |
| TSG.V | TriStar Gold, Inc. | $68M | 15 |
| COPR | Idaho Copper Corporation | $55M | 9 |
| THM.V | Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. | $99M | 13 |
Peer medians: ROE 2.6% · P/E 19.2x · Gross margin 26.0%
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