AVD - American Vanguard Corporation
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, molluscicides, soil health, plant nutrition, growth regulators, and soil fumigants in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. The company also markets, sells, and distributes end-use chemical and biological products for crop applications; and distributes chemicals for turf and ornamental markets.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $2.77, ATM IV 124.1%, net GEX $473.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Agricultural Inputs
- Market Cap
- $84.4M
- Beta
- 1.49
- 52-Week Range
- 2.05-5.92
- Dividend Yield
- $0.12
- CEO
- Douglas A. Kaye
- Employees
- 845
- IPO Date
- Mar 3, 1987
- Exchange
- NYSE
What AVD Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 21.7% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($473) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes.
What This Page Covers
The AVD overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked AVD overview questions
- What is AVD?
- AVD is the ticker symbol for American Vanguard Corporation, a listed security. 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, molluscicides, soil health, plant nutrition, growth regulators, and soil fumigants in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. Listed on NYSE. AVD is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the AVD options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the AVD options snapshot shows spot at $2.77, ATM IV 124.1%, IV rank 21.7%, net GEX $473, expected move 35.58%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are AVD's key statistics?
- American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) carries a market capitalization of $84.4M, beta of 1.49 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 2.05-5.92. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does AVD belong to?
- American Vanguard Corporation operates in the Basic Materials sector, in the Agricultural Inputs industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare AVD's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the AVD data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).