American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) Stock Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

American Vanguard Co. (NYSE:AVD)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $5.55 and traded as high as $5.57. American Vanguard shares last traded at $5.50, with a volume of 141,050 shares.

American Vanguard Stock Up 1.6 %

The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $5.55. The firm has a market cap of $158.19 million, a P/E ratio of -5.33 and a beta of 0.94.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of AVD. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of American Vanguard by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 69,909 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $324,000 after purchasing an additional 2,221 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in American Vanguard by 23.8% in 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 during the period. Gabelli Funds LLC grew its holdings in American Vanguard by 15.8% during the 4th quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 22,000 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $102,000 after buying an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in shares of American Vanguard by 5.2% during the third quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 64,915 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $344,000 after buying an additional 3,216 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of American Vanguard by 133.0% in the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 6,575 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 3,753 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.04% of the company’s stock.

American Vanguard Company 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.