LSV Asset Management Has $61,000 Stock Holdings in American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD)

LSV Asset Management decreased its stake in American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD) by 60.2% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 13,200 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 20,000 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management’s holdings in American Vanguard were worth $61,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AVD. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in American Vanguard by 133.0% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 6,575 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 3,753 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of American Vanguard in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $50,000. Ieq Capital LLC acquired a new position in American Vanguard in the 4th quarter worth approximately $54,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in American Vanguard by 23.8% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 14,952 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $69,000 after purchasing an additional 2,875 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantinno Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in American Vanguard during the 3rd quarter valued at $89,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.04% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Lake Street Capital set a $14.00 target price on American Vanguard in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st.

American Vanguard Trading Up 2.3 %

NYSE:AVD opened at $3.92 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $112.85 million, a PE ratio of -3.81 and a beta of 1.03. American Vanguard Co. has a fifty-two week low of $3.28 and a fifty-two week high of $12.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 0.79. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $4.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.12.

American Vanguard Profile

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, soil health, plant nutrition, molluscicides, growth regulators, soil fumigants, and biorationals in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection.