Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. American Vanguard Corp shares valued at $16,050 were sold by Eilers Peter on Dec 13 ’24. At $5.35 per share, Eilers Peter sold 3,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 38,177 shares worth approximately $0.18 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Eilers Peter purchased 3,000 shares, netting a total of over 15,750 in proceeds.
Before that, Macicek Steven D had added 12,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $71,640, the Director bought American Vanguard Corp shares for $5.97 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 12,000 shares, worth approximately $0.15 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Lake Street on July 22, 2024, American Vanguard Corp [AVD] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $14. Analysts at Loop Capital upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of November 28, 2016, Piper Jaffray has increased its “an Underweight” rating to a “Neutral” for AVD. Earlier on August 03, 2016, SunTrust upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for AVD stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing AVD Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.59%. Over the course of the year, American Vanguard Corp shares have jumped approximately 2.59%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $5.01 on 01/07/25 and a 52-week low of $4.51 on 01/02/25. A 50-day SMA is recorded $5.40, while a 200-day SMA reached $7.59. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 0.38 million shares from 0.86 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for American Vanguard Corp (AVD)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 4.55, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 4.34. In the upper region, resistance lies at 4.97. The next price resistance is at 5.18. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 43.58 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 0.22, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 34.67%, indicating low price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.
