American Vanguard Overview
Industry: Agricultural Inputs
Sector: Basic Materials
American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. It manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides, soil health, plant nutrition, growth regulators, and soil fumigants in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. The company also markets, sells, and distributes end-use chemical and biological products for crop applications; and distributes chemicals for turf and ornamental markets. It distributes its products through national distribution companies, and buying groups or co-operatives; and through sales offices, sales force executives, sales agents, and wholly owned distributors. American Vanguard Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. It manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, mollusc Read MoreMavefund brings filings, fundamentals, valuation, price history and news for American Vanguard into one research view. The sections below show what strengthens or weakens the research case.
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Quarterly result summary
Net sales was $117M (-9% YoY). Operating income was $4.4M. Net loss was -$9.9M (from $849).
What changed
- Net sales -9% YoY to $117M.
- Net loss was -$9.9M (from $849).
- Net sales of $117 million as compared to $129 million;.
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American Vanguard Corporation 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (NYSE:AVD) 2026-08-14
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American Vanguard Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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American Vanguard Corporation Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary
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American Vanguard earnings missed by $0.43, revenue fell short of estimates
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Earnings call transcript: American Vanguard Q2 2026 sales miss weighs on shares
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American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) Q2 FY2026 earnings call transcript
Headline from Yahoo Finance: American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) Q2 FY2026 earnings call transcript.
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