AVD (American Vanguard) Quality Rank

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AVD American Vanguard Corp AVD
56 GF Score
Price $2.64
GF Value $5.40
Valuation Possible Value Trap
! 6 Warning Signs
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What is American Vanguard Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:
  • Interest coverage
  • Zscore
  • Debt to revenue
  • Equity to asset
  • Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:
  • Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
  • Operating margin growth rank
  • Fscore
  • Predictability rank
  • Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
  • Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
  • ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

American Vanguard Quality Rank Related Terms

AVD
56GF Score
American Vanguard Corp AVD
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Is American Vanguard (AVD) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, American Vanguard stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $2.64 is trading 51.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of $5.40. GuruFocus considers American Vanguard to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for AVD:

  • Quality Rank:
  • GF Value™: $5.40 vs. price of $2.64 (51.1% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 56/100 with 6 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the AVD stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

American Vanguard Business Description

Other Exchanges AVJ:Germany
Address 4695 MacArthur Court, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 92660
American Vanguard Corp is a United States-based diversified specialty and agricultural products company. The company is a manufacturer of specialty solutions that develops and markets safe synthetic, biological, and biorational products for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses. These chemicals include insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides, growth regulators, and soil fumigants, which are marketed in liquid, powder, and granular forms.
56GF Score

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$2.64
Price
$5.40
GF Value