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Understanding the Risks of Investing in American Vanguard Corp. (AVD)

American Vanguard Corp.’s recent filing unveils that its Director ROSENBLOOM KEITH M acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.6 million on Aug 30 ’24. In the deal valued at $5.74 per share,104,492 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, ROSENBLOOM KEITH M now holds 1,168,682 shares worth roughly $7.07 million.

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Then, ROSENBLOOM KEITH M bought 25,000 shares, generating $148,500 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $5.94, the Director now owns 1,193,682 shares.

Before that, ROSENBLOOM KEITH M bought 7,000 shares. American Vanguard Corp. shares valued at $42,560 were divested by the Director at a price of $6.08 per share. As a result of the transaction, ROSENBLOOM KEITH M now holds 1,200,682 shares, worth roughly $7.26 million.

Lake Street initiated its American Vanguard Corp. [AVD] rating to a Buy in a research note published on July 22, 2024; the price target was $14. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Loop Capital’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid November from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. Piper Jaffray also remained covering AVD and has increased its forecast on November 28, 2016 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Underweight” rating. SunTrust revised its rating on August 03, 2016. It rated AVD as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Neutral”.

Price Performance Review of AVD

On Tuesday, American Vanguard Corp. [NYSE:AVD] saw its stock fall -4.12% to $6.05. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.54%. American Vanguard Corp. shares have fallen nearly -44.85% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -54.10% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $14.28 was reached on 03/15/24, a 52-week low of $4.95 was recorded on 08/09/24. SMA at 50 days reached $7.47, while 200 days put it at $9.78.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For AVD Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 5.93, which if violated will result in even more drops to 5.81. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 6.26. A further resistance level may holdings at 6.46. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 42.54, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.31, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 48.21%. Stochastics %K at 72.00% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in American Vanguard Corp.?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in American Vanguard Corp. stocks on 2024-08-15, growing by 8922.0 shares to a total of 0.96 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-07-15 was 0.95 million shares. There was a rise of 0.93%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

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