AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP AVD
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 030371108 · ISIN US0303711081
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryAgricultural Chemicals
- HeadquartersNewport Beach, CA
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($530.6k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 28.8m as of 2024-08-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $8.60. Options: 3 managers hold calls ($312.3k notional), 4 hold puts ($176.0k).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 158 |
| Q4 2022 | 157 |
| Q1 2023 | 160 |
| Q2 2023 | 150 |
| Q3 2023 | 146 |
| Q4 2023 | 137 |
| Q1 2024 | 141 |
| Q2 2024 | 134 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 56 | 86 |
| Q1 2023 | 67 | 82 |
| Q2 2023 | 64 | 87 |
| Q3 2023 | 70 | 83 |
| Q4 2023 | 77 | 87 |
| Q1 2024 | 65 | 72 |
| Q2 2024 | 60 | 93 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $503.2k | $712.6k | 1.42 |
| Q4 2023 | $519.6k | $888.8k | 1.71 |
| Q1 2024 | $250.3k | $601.6k | 2.40 |
| Q2 2024 | $312.3k | $176.0k | 0.56 |
Biggest buyers
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Added | +209.8k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | New | +195.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +191.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +117.0k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +113.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP | Added | +95.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +82.5k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP | Added | +69.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +64.8k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | Added | +61.6k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -1.7m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -617.5k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC | Sold out | -474.9k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | Sold out | -271.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | Reduced | -190.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -175.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -166.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -149.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -102.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -87.4k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $311.3k36.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.0k200 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $90.3k10.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $47.0k5.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $38.7k4.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 13G · institution +1.2 pts · filed 2025-11-12 | 5.7% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: BlackRock, Inc. (3.1%, 2026-07-27), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26), Topline Capital Management, LLC (0.0%, 2026-02-13)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $150.3k | 1 | $101.3k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 2 | $2.3m | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $224.6k | 1 | $91.4k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 2 | $277.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 3 | $591.1k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-16 | Trogele Ulrich Officer | Bought | $159.3k18.2k shares |
| 2024-05-15 | ROSENBLOOM KEITH M +1 Director · See Note | Bought | $355.2k40.0k shares |
| 2024-05-15 | Macicek Steven D Director | Bought | $76.6k8.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $17.4m | Reduced -102.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $14.4m | Reduced -175.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $13.4m | Reduced -12.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $13.0m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC 12.09% of their portfolio | 1.0m $8.7m | Added +40.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 777.3k $6.7m | Reduced -1.7m |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 0.35% of their portfolio | 775.9k $6.7m | Reduced -16.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 755.7k $6.5m | Added +64.8k |
| Cove Street Capital, LLC 3.88% of their portfolio | 627.7k $5.4m | Reduced -81.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 617.0k $5.3m | Reduced -5.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 584.8k $5.0m | Added +247 |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 582.7k $5.0m | Reduced -26.6k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 520.4k $4.5m | Added +209.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 497.3k $4.3m | Reduced -617.5k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 494.8k $4.3m | Added +61.6k |
| BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC 4.68% of their portfolio | 475.0k $4.1m | Added +50.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 390.2k $3.4m | Reduced -13.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 355.8k $3.1m | Reduced -149.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 338.8k $2.9m | Reduced -15.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 291.1k $2.5m | Added +191.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 279.6k $2.4m | Reduced -22.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 261.1k $2.2m | Reduced -56.7k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 259.5k $2.2m | Reduced -56.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.8k $1.9m | Reduced -9.0k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 207.8k $1.8m | Added +507 |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 195.0k $1.7m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 184.0k $1.6m | Reduced -166.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.7k $1.6m | Added +82.5k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 165.2k $1.4m | Reduced -7.3k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.1k $1.4m | Reduced -10.1k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.1k $1.3m | Added +95.7k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 152.4k $1.3m | Added +69.5k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 140.0k $1.2m | Reduced -1.9k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.2k $1.2m | Added +113.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.4k $1.1m | Added +7.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.0k $1.0m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.8k $935.7k | Reduced -107 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.3k $931.1k | Reduced -87.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.9k $868.1k | Reduced -20.3k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 91.5k $786.7k | Reduced -817 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.5k $726.4k | Reduced -33.1k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.7k $685.5k | Added +115 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.1k $628.9k | Reduced -2.6k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 72.0k $618.8k | Added +49.7k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.9k $609.9k | Added +11.2k |
| Pullen Investment Management, LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 70.1k $602.8k | Added +1.6k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.5k $572.1k | Reduced -62.0k |
| Curi Capital, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.9k $566.7k | Unchanged |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.7k $530.6k | Added +4.3k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.7k $530.6k | Reduced -53.1k |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.7k $530.6k | Unchanged |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.9k $523.6k | Reduced -2.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.4k $510.5k | Reduced -48.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.0k $464.2k | Added +37.2k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.5k $442.9k | Added +500 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.4k $442.0k | Added +623 |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 51.1k $439.5k | Added +34.3k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.5k $434.6k | Reduced -4.9k |
| WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 50.0k $430.0k | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.9k $394.6k | Reduced -23.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.2k $388.8k | Added +5.2k |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.2k $380.0k | Added +12.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.2k $362.6k | Reduced -304 |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 41.2k $354.2k | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.4k $330.1k | Reduced -190.1k |
| Petrus Trust Company, LTA 0.03% of their portfolio | 35.2k $302.9k | Added +18.9k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.5k $279.4k | Added +11.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.1k $259.0k | Reduced -18.0k |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.0k $258.4k | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.0k $257.6k | Reduced -10.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.6k $254.7k | Added +8.0k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.6k $254.6k | Added +6.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.1k $216.2k | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.0k $206.6k | Reduced -9.0k |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc 0.09% of their portfolio | 20.0k $172.0k | New |
| B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $172.6k | New |
| Aigen Investment Management, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.3k $166.2k | Added +5.2k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.3k $157.6k | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $155.8k | New |
| Corton Capital Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 17.3k $148.4k | New |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.1k $138.0k | Reduced -34.2k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.1k $138.2k | Reduced -674 |
| Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 15.9k $136.7k | Reduced -16.1k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.5k $133.3k | Added +500 |
| CIM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 14.8k $126.9k | Reduced -3.5k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.3k $122.8k | Added +1.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.7k $117.8k | New |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.6k $116.7k | First filing |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.0k $111.9k | First filing |
| Olympiad Research LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 12.6k $108.8k | New |
| SHERBROOKE PARK ADVISERS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.4k $106.3k | Reduced -2.3k |
| State of Wyoming 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.0k $102.8k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.7k $100.9k | Added +2.4k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.7k $100.5k | New |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.0k $95.0k | Unchanged |
| Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.0k $94.6k | Reduced -266 |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.0k $94.5k | Reduced -1.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.8k $93.2k | New |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.5k $90.3k | Reduced -544 |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.2k $78.9k | Reduced -76.9k |