AVD Stock Price History and Quote Analysis Insights for Investors

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AVD shares is 169, representing 79.22% of the company's common stock.

MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AVD by -63.15% restricting it's holding to 350.56 thousand shares of worth nearly $4.54M. D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. also lessened -3.65% of the AVD shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 690.96 thousand shares of worth $8.95M. INVENOMIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP also shunned AVD shares holding by -9.64% last quarter which brought its holding to 792.18 thousand shares worth $10.26M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC increased its stake in AVD by 14.16% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 317.79 thousand shares having worth more than $4.12M. ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC also added 3.58% more shares of AVD to its portfolio, raising its holding to 354.66 thousand shares of worth $4.59M. NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its AVD shares holding by 389.78% which brought its holding to 403.62 thousand shares worth $5.23M.

The insider with the most stakes in AVD is N/A , N/A at the company. Additionally, AVD stock is highly held by N/A N/A and N/A N/A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 9.26% percent of American Vanguard Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 3 transaction(s) in which AVD insiders have sold stock, totaling 105K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WINTEMUTE ERIC G, EILERS PETER, and JOHNSON DAVID` T..

There have been 6 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which American Vanguard Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 198527 shares

Around 7.6M American Vanguard Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 9.26% of AVD stock.

AVD N/A, N/A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AVD shares owned by N/A total nearly -.

CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC is the largest institutional owner in AVD which holds 317.79 thousand shares worth $4.12M or 1.13% of the total AVD shares outstanding followed by MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC with ownership of 350.56 thousand shares representing 1.25% of the AVD ownership. ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 354.66 thousand shares or 1.27% of the ownership worth more than $4.59M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AVD is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AVD shares short is 693.40K. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 28.79M shares of AVD are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AVD has 25.53M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AVD is 3.03.