secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
======================================

Issuer:     AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD)
CIK:        0000005981
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-11T20:08:23+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-344619
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Vanguard Q2 net loss widens to $9.9M, reaffirms FY guidance
--------------------------------------------------------------------

- Q2 net sales $117M vs $129M YoY; operating loss $0.30M vs income $4.4M; net loss $9.9M vs $0.849M.
- Q2 EPS ($0.34) vs ($0.03); adjusted EBITDA $6.6M vs $11.0M; gross margin 30% vs 31%.
- First-half sales $240M vs $245M; adjusted EBITDA $16.9M vs $14M (+21%); EPS ($0.49) vs ($0.33).
- Reaffirms FY2026 outlook: adjusted EBITDA $44-48M on sales $530-550M.
- L.A. plant rationalization to save at least $4M annually; inventories down $10M YoY; R&D up 12%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312526344619/0001193125-26-344619-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5981/000119312526344619/d126201d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-344619

License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer