American Vanguard (AVD) Highlighted As Strong And Under The Radar Stock Of The Day
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a strong and under the radar candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified American Vanguard as such a stock due to the following factors:
- AVD has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $2.6 million.
- AVD has traded 18.61189999999999855617716093547642230987548828125 options contracts today.
- AVD is making at least a new 3-day high.
- AVD has a PE ratio of 45.
- AVD is mentioned 0.48 times per day on StockTwits.
- AVD has not yet been mentioned on StockTwits today.
- AVD is currently in the upper 20% of its 1-year range.
- AVD is in the upper 35% of its 20-day range.
- AVD is in the upper 45% of its 5-day range.
- AVD is currently trading above yesterday's high.
'Strong and Under the Radar' stocks tend to be worthwhile stocks to watch for a variety of factors including historical back testing and price action. Market technicians refer to such stocks as being in an accumulation phase before a mark-up and peak. Traders and hedge funds have frequently found that these types of stocks continue to build a solid price base and then ultimately spike higher and peak when others 'discover' how good the stock is performing. By leveraging the social discovery aspect of StockTwits we are highlighting stocks that don't currently receive much attention from retail investors, but we suspect may soon garner more attention.
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More details on AVD:
American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 0.3%. AVD has a PE ratio of 45. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate American Vanguard a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
The average volume for American Vanguard has been 234,700 shares per day over the past 30 days. American Vanguard has a market cap of $433.2 million and is part of the basic materials sector and chemicals industry. The stock has a beta of 1.21 and a short float of 4.5% with 8.32 days to cover. Shares are up 9.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.
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Analysis:
rates American Vanguard as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, compelling growth in net income and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that we feel that the company's cash flow from its operations has been weak overall.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 5.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.4%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP has shown improvement in its earnings for its most recently reported quarter when compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. We feel that this trend should continue. This trend suggests that the performance of the business is improving. During the past fiscal year, AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP increased its bottom line by earning $0.22 versus $0.17 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.49 versus $0.22).
- This stock has managed to rise its share value by 18.59% over the past twelve months. Looking ahead, the stock's rise over the last year has already helped drive it to a level which is relatively expensive compared to the rest of its industry, implying reduced upside potential.
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Chemicals industry and the overall market, AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $9.59 million or 51.66% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
- You can view the full American Vanguard Ratings Report.
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