secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD)
CIK:        0000005981
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-136274
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Vanguard Q1 net sales $115.8M, EPS ($0.30); Adjusted EBITDA $3.0M down from $15.5M
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- Net sales of $115.8M, down 14% YoY from $135.1M; GAAP EPS of $(0.30) vs $0.06.
- Adjusted EBITDA fell to $3.0M from $15.5M; operating expenses down 5% GAAP but 14% excluding transformation costs.
- Reduced net working capital by $85M year-over-year to $153M; total debt down $20M to $167M.
- CEO Kaye says challenging environment persisting; expects seasonal Q2 improvement and better H2.
- Company to host earnings call June 6, 2025 at 9am ET; presentation posted on IR site.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312525136274/0001193125-25-136274-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312525136274/d943737d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-136274

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