American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets chemical, biological and biorational products for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. It synthesizes and formulates chemicals, and ferments and extracts microbial products, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, soil health, plant nutrition, molluscicides, growth regulators, soil fumigants, and biorationals in liquid, powder, and granular forms for …
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American Vanguard Corporation ranks #11 of 16
scored companies in Agricultural Inputs by moat score — the top 69%.
The widest moat in the group is Corteva, Inc. (CTVA)
at 81/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near AVD in Agricultural Inputs
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 45
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 56
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 30
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 41
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 27
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is American Vanguard Corporation's moat score?
American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) scores 37 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #11 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs, the top 69%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Agricultural Inputs. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (56/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (27/100).
How does American Vanguard Corporation compare with other Agricultural Inputs companies?
American Vanguard Corporation ranks #11 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs by moat score. The widest moat in Agricultural Inputs is Corteva, Inc. (CTVA) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Intrepid Potash, Inc (IPI) at 44 just above it and Enlightify Inc. (ENFY) at 32 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 17 companies in Agricultural Inputs. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is American Vanguard Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for American Vanguard Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AVD scores: Pricing Power (31), Cost Advantage (45), Customer Stickiness (56), Capital Efficiency (30), Resilience (41), Scale & Market Position (27). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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