---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-282425"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVD"
cik: "0000005981"
company_name: "AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T00:13:49.989427+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Vanguard Q3 EPS $0.23 (+27.8% YoY); adj. EBITDA view ~$80M

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $152M (+3.4% YoY), net income $6.7M (+21.8%), diluted EPS $0.23.
- Nine-month net sales $450M (+13.1%), net income $23.5M (+71.5%), EPS $0.78.
- Full-year adj. EBITDA target ~$80M (13% of expected sales), exceeding prior 24-28% growth range.
- Repurchased 1.5M shares YTD via ASR and 10b5-1 plan.
- Secured Counter nematicide registration for soybeans in Brazil; alliance with NewLeaf Symbiotics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-282425
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVD
- cik: 0000005981
- company_name: AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312522282425/0001193125-22-282425-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312522282425/d125853d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-282425.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP reported preliminary financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On November 8, 2022, American Vanguard Corporation (“Registrant”) issued a press release announcing its preliminary, unaudited financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312522282425/0001193125-22-282425-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.